| 单词 | plantation office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPlantation Office Plantation Office n. now historical the Colonial Office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British admiralty1459 ordnance1485 Navy Office1660 navy board1681 patent office1696 excise-office1698 Treasury Office1706 Plantation Office1708 stamp office1710 War Office1721 India Office1787 home office1795 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803 the Stamps1820 Welsh Office1852 W.O.1860 Local Government Board1871 pall-mall1880 Scottish Office1883 Ministry of Munitions1915 War House1925 Min of Ag1946 Mintech1967 DOE1972 Manpower Services Commission1973 1708 E. Hatton New View London II. iv. 625 Here are the Council and Treasury Chambers, Plantation Office, or that for the Commissioners of Trade. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) II. 110 Where formerly was kept the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, now abolished, is the Plantation-Office. 1876 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 9 The capitulation of Yorktown was to the English ministry a terrible blow. Thompson saw at a glance that a near consequence of this must be the resignation of his chief and his own withdrawal from the Plantation office. 1974 18th-cent. Stud. 7 444 Besides ‘The Plantation Office,’ which he gave as his address, other members are listed in 1764, for instance, as being at ‘The Treasury,’ ‘The Secretary of State's Office’ [etc.] < as lemmas |
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