| 单词 | secretary of war | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassecretary of (state for) war  b.  In titles of office,  captain of the war,  treasurer of the king's wars,  treasurer at wars. Obsolete except as  minister of (or for) war,  secretary at war,  secretary of (state for) war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > 			[noun]		 > commander-in-chief captain of the warc1450 captain-general1514 general of the army1548 Lord General1577 generalissimo1621 generalissimus1637 Commander-in-chief1655 war-lord1856 officer commanding-in-chief1859 C. in C.1889 society > trade and finance > management of money > 			[noun]		 > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages public money > specific officials chamberlain1415 teller1434 under-treasurer1447 treasurer of the king's warsc1450 vice-treasurer1541 chequer-man?1577 Clerk of the Pellsa1603 treasurer at wars1617 fiscal1652 quaestor1673 underteller1694 First Lord of the Treasury1698 Paymaster General1698 melter1758 treasurer1790 First Lord1855 apposer- c1450    Brut 450  				Þe Lord Wylloghby was made Capten of hys werris. 1474    W. Caxton tr.  Game & Playe of Chesse 		(1883)	  ii. v. 66  				Ioab the sone of Saryre that was captayn of the warre of the kynge Dauid [Cf. Vulg. 2 Sam. viii. 16 Joab..erat super exercitum]. 1495    in  M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII 		(1896)	 139  				Sir Reignold Bray Knyght late Tresorer of Our Soueraigne Lorde the Kynges werres. 1617    F. Moryson Itinerary  ii. 53  				The Treasurer at Warres per diem thirtie five shillings. 1693    N. Luttrell Diary in  Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs 		(1857)	 III. 175  				Mr. Clerk, secretary at war. 1802    C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent 		(1920)	 115  				The six Ministers of the Interior, of the Police, of Justice, of Finance, of War, and of foreign affairs. 1867    Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 27 Apr. in  Your Dear Letter 		(1971)	 133  				The King wishes for peace..so does the Minister for War. 1877    J. Blackwood Let. 21 Dec. in  ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. 		(1956)	 VI. 434  				I am happy to say that our Minister of War is I think a man who may be trusted at the helm. 1903    Ceremonies at Laying Corner Stone of Army War College Building 		(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)	 9  				The master of ceremonies then introduced the honorable Secretary of War. 1964    Act Eliz. II c. 58 §1  				There shall be transferred to a Secretary of State the functions conferred by any enactment on the Minister of Defence, or on the Secretary of State for War or for Air (however styled). 1980    A. Marwick Illustr. Dict. Brit. Hist. 64/2  				He [sc. Churchill] served the coalition subsequently as secretary of state for war and air (1918–21). < as lemmas  | 
	
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