| 单词 | examiner of correspondence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasExaminer of (India) Correspondence b. In full Examiner of (India) Correspondence. In the East India Company: (the title of) an official, based at the India House in London, responsible for dealing with correspondence from agents in India. Now historical. ΚΠ 1777 in G. Rous Restoration King of Tanjore Considered App. p. v It was Ordered, That the Examiner of Indian Correspondence attend as Clerk to this Committee. 1779 Royal Kalendar 212 Examiner of India Correspondence, S. Wilks. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 212 The duties of his [sc. J. Mill's] important office, that of Chief Examiner to the East India Company. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 309 The duty of the so-called examiners was to examine the letters of the agents of the Company in India, and to draft instructions in reply. 1952 P. Sraffa in D. Ricardo Wks. & Corr. VI. p. xvi He secured an appointment with the East India Company as assistant examiner of correspondence. 2013 G. Varouxakis Liberty Abroad v. 116 James Mill..became Examiner of Correspondence until his death in 1836. < as lemmas |
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