单词 | self-elect |
释义 | self-electadj. Elected or appointed to an office or position by oneself; (of a body) elected by its own members. Cf. self-elected adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > self-electing > self-elected self-elected1649 self-elect1828 1828 Trades' Free Press 22 Mar. 276/4 The English have learnt, not from ‘the schoolmaster who is abroad’, but from the practical instructions of self-elect bodies. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 97 In virtue of trusteeship to which they are self-elect. 1935 Ogden (Ogden City, Utah) Standard-Examiner 7 Nov. 8/1 Any woman who marries a man who is a self-elect purse-bearer has my profound sympathy. 2002 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 21 Aug. 13 Yet president self-elect Robert Mugabe insists that the land transfers must go-ahead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828 |
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