execn.
colloquial.
= executive n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > the executive or the legislature
parliament1427
legislaturea1676
executive1787
exec1896
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > executive
executive1902
exec1933
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 20 Mar. (1965) I. 614 The Execs will be safe, I should think, to sanction the expenditure.
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 20 Mar. (1965) I. 614 We could appeal to the exec. to grant us the price of the report.
1933 B. J. Chipman Hey Rube! 194/1 Execs, executives.
1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 16 The exec..did not enjoy staff work and administration.
1966 Punch 30 Mar. 464/1 The execs must have fallen into transports of delight.
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