单词 | postholder |
释义 | postholdern.1 In Dutch colonial administration: a civil official in charge of a trading settlement or post. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Dutch colonial postholder1812 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 177 The house of the postholder [Ger. Haus des Posthalters] at Mosselbay..lies directly at the upper end. 1852 H. W. Pierson Amer. Missionary Mem. 270 They lodged in the house of the post-holder, a Dutch officer. 1896 Dispute with Venezuela in Daily News 23 July 5/5 The Dutch..had instituted a regular system of trading both with the Indian tribes and with their Spanish neighbours up the Orinoco; and their Postholders had special functions in controlling such trade. 1928 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 8 301 With the fall in price of annatto wood the necessity of obtaining it from the natives disappeared and the post-holder was withdrawn. 1965 Amer. Anthropologist 67 1609 The postholder was a civil servant, charged with seeing that the Djuka observed the stipulations of the peace treaty. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Dec. 47/1 Among his sources the Dutch ‘postholders’..charged with dealing with the free ‘bush Negroes’ of the forest, do not speak for themselves at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). postholdern.2 A person who occupies a post; one holding a particular job, office, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 1961 M. K. Gandhi Non-violent Resistance iii. li. 123 A vigorous propaganda will have to be carried on and the message delivered to every title- or post-holder and the argument presented to him proving the duty of such surrender. 1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 32/7 (advt.) Our Regional Officer..requires a person to look after the Carlisle office for a minimum of two months while the current postholder is away. 1989 in R. Evans Special Educ. Needs 75 Special needs post-holders have in this way been able to develop their consultation skills with teachers. 1994 Guardian 7 July (OnLine section) 13 (advt.) The Postholder will have two main areas of responsibility: supporting members of the University..and providing Computing Services information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11812n.21961 |
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