| 单词 | whitehall warrior |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhitehall warrior Whitehall warrior n. colloquial (sometimes depreciative) a civil servant; a member of the armed forces employed in administration rather than on active service. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant servantc1400 public servant1598 civil servant1767 fonctionnaire1887 Whitehall warrior1944 1944 Manch. Guardian 19 Feb. 4/4 Perhaps the Whitehall warriors who served a notice to quit on..the Scala Theatre felt that no one would miss a season of Shakespeare. 1976 A. White Long Silence vii. 57 I didn't want anybody to think I was a chairbound officer, a Whitehall Warrior. 1989 Guardian 30 Nov. 47/3 He enjoyed two periods of high drama—at least one more than most Whitehall warriors encounter. 2007 G. Bennett Churchill's Man of Myst. x. 201 He was..an experienced Whitehall warrior with a formidable expertise in economic and scientific matters. < as lemmas |
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