| 单词 | residence-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresidence-general residence-general n. [after French Résidence générale (1885 or earlier), spec. use of résidence générale headquarters (1822 or earlier); compare résident général senior representative in a French protectorate (1856 or earlier; 1800 or earlier with reference to 17th cent. royal envoys within France)] now historical the official residency of the senior French representative in a French protectorate. ΚΠ 1918 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 17 107 Temporary setting up of Residence-General and administrative services at Rabat. 1955 Times 9 May 8/4 The crowd..had tried to break into the residence-general. 2007 R. C. Keller Colonial Madness 32 In 1921, the residence-general [in Tunisia] attempted to determine ‘the numbers of individuals susceptible of forming the population of the envisaged asylum’. < as lemmas |
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