| 单词 | controller-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontroller-general controller-general n. [compare Middle French controleur general, French contrôleur-général (1379; now historical.)] now historical an official exercising overall responsibility for something, esp. expenditure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] mastereOE shepper1377 commandera1400 convoyer1488 comptroller?1536 controllera1540 controller-general1562 bridler1570 comptroller-general1587 disposerc1595 overruler1695 skull1880 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > senior or chief public officials > [noun] > controller-general controller-general1562 comptroller-general1587 1562 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 143 Controller generall of all ye Cities hospitalles. 1657 H. Some tr. P. Pellison-Fontanier Hist. French Acad. ii. 31 John Desmarests.., Counsellor to the King, Controller General in extraordinary in the wars. 1745 Regular Coll. Lists All Offices Great-Brit. & Ireland 77 A List of the Commissioners, Officers, and others belonging to His Majesty's Customs... Principal Controller-General of the Accounts of the Customs, Robert Parsons, Esq. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 58 The Controller-General should also submit a carefully prepared estimate of the entire cost of the ship. 1911 J. H. Rose W. Pitt & National Revival Introd. 5 The events of the next six years turned essentially on the management of the finances of the rival Powers by Pitt and by the Controllers-General of Versailles. 1997 J. Williams Money vii. 182/2 Law's ambitions went far beyond a bank directorship and personal wealth. In January of 1720 he was made Controller-General of France. < as lemmas |
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