单词 | vice-president |
释义 | vice-presidentn. One who acts as the representative or deputy of a president (in various senses); an official ranking immediately below a president. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > vice vice-president1574 vi-presidentc1668 V.P.1887 veep1949 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 66 Under Sergius the Vice-president of Asia..ther arose a great strife..about the keeping of the Easter. 1586 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 84 The Lord Evers sitting as vice-president with Meares, Hurlstone, Cheeke, and the rest. 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime vii. 64 This North was created D.D. in Paris, and was sometimes Vice-President of the Colledge of Doway. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 235 in Justice Vindicated The President, or Vice-president of the Queens Councell established in the North. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. xxxvii. 23 The college [sc. Magdalen, Oxford] was filled with catholics; and Charnock..was made vice-president. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 State Papers 6/2 That nothing..shall prevent such Governor, when absent, from nominating a Vice-President and Deputy-Governor of Fort William. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 57 Melzi d'Eril was vice-president: and in the Council of State were found Serbelloni [etc.]. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 411/1 The society consists of a president, vice-president, committee, secretary, and members. a1861 T. Twining Trav. India (1893) 54 The Vice-President always breakfasted in his own room. 1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time ii. 234 The Vice-President becomes an officer of much power or dignity. Derivatives vice-ˈpresidency n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > vice > position of vice-presidentship1690 vice-presidency1804 1804 Guardian of Freedom (Frankfort, Kentucky) 28 July 2/3 He is charged with having been long intriguing for the vice presidency. 1833 J. Story Comm. Constit. U.S. III. 336 Suppose there should be three candidates for the presidency, and two for the vice-presidency. 1889 W. Wilson State §1099 (1893) 562 Each party..nominates the candidates of its choice for the presidency and vice-presidency. vice-presiˈdential adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to presider or president > of or relating to vice-president vice-presidential1854 1854 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View I. 45/1 Mr. Calhoun was the only substantive vice~presidential candidate before the people. 1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier xlvi. 341 With a presidential candidate on one side and his vice-presidential man Friday on the other. 1904 Daily Chron. 20 June 5/6 There has never before been so pronounced a reluctance to accept the vice-presidential nomination. vice-ˈpresidentship n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > vice > position of vice-presidentship1690 vice-presidency1804 1690 London Gaz. No. 2600/1 The Vice-Presidentship of the Council of Arragon. 1804 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 132 I would accept the Vice-Presidentship of the Board of Trade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1574 |
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