a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a minister.
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释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British (11) permanent secretary1785 a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a minister. abstracter1857 spec. In the British civil service: a clerk on the grade of this name; = abstractor, n. 1b. Now historical and rare. abstractor1859 spec. In the British civil service: a clerk on the grade of this name. Cf. abstracter, n. 2b. Now historical. permanent under-secretary1859 (a) a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a Secretary of State; (b) a senior civil servant below the rank of permanent secretary… principal1867 (Sometimes with capital initial.) In Great Britain: a civil servant of the grade below Secretary. second division1897 (a) the lower grade of government clerks, admitted by a competitive examination of more limited range than that prescribed for the higher… abstractor clerk1901 = sense 1b. permsec1908 A permanent secretary. secretary1932 One whose office it is to write for another; spec. one who is employed to conduct or assist with correspondence, to keep records, and (usually) to… Perm.S.1942 A permanent secretary. under-secretary1959 (under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).) |
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