| 单词 | resident commissioner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresident commissioner resident commissioner n. any of various commissioners or delegates working in a diplomatic capacity in or on behalf of a colony, protectorate, etc. ΚΠ 1769 J. Granger Biogr. Hist. Eng. I. 376 He..was appointed a resident commissioner at Edinburgh, to attend the parliament of Scotland; as the Scots had their resident commissioners at London, to attend the English parliament. 1839 S. Austral. Gaz. (Adelaide) 7 Nov. 2 In reference to those portions of land usually called ‘Green Slips’..the Resident Commissioner is of opinion that..no valid claims upon them exist. 1902 U.S. Laws & Statutes (1903) XXXII. i. 694 With the first meeting of the Philippine legislature..there shall be chosen, by the said legislature..two resident commissioners to the United States. 1962 J. C. Plano & M. Greenberg Amer. Polit. Dict. iii. 38 Resident commissioner, a delegate elected by the people of a territory to represent them in the House of Representatives. He may speak in the House and serve on committees, but he may not vote... Only Puerto Rico has a resident commissioner. 1979 Maclean's 11 June 10/1 After 12 years as the first resident commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Stuart Hodgson, on his final tour of his Arctic domain, couldn't resist making a few parting gestures: a half-day holiday for one settlement, a free coat of paint for a community hall. < as lemmas |
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