| 单词 | president general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPresident General President General n. (also with lower-case initials) a president with authority over all the subordinate presidents of a system. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > chief President General1574 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in American colonies President General1574 president1608 palatine1669 1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes i. f. 112v Cyrillus a Grecian the thirde president general of yee white fryers dyed by report. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 217 Robert Ivory was, saith Leland, none of the meanest Natives of this City, a Carmelite and President General of his Order, D. D. in Cambridge. 1722 J. Stevens Hist. Antient Abbeys I. 183/2 The Congregation..is govern'd by a President General, and by three Diffinitors, who are chosen every three Years. 1809 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 620 At the meeting of the Cincinnati at New York, when they choose Hamilton their President-General. 1989 Daughters of Amer. Rev. Apr. 373/1 Mrs. Raymond Franklin Fleck, President General presented First Lady Barbara Bush with a special DAR certificate. < as lemmas |
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