单词 | first magistrate |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst magistrate first magistrate n. now chiefly historical the foremost magistrate; the head of state. ΚΠ 1559 R. Crowley Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. (new ed.) ii. f. 39v In Lacedemonia Ephorus was constituted theyr firste magistrate. 1686 T. Otway tr. S. de Broë Hist. Triumvirates I. lii. 202 Being the first Magistrate of Rome, he was resolved to enquire into the difference between the King and his Sister. 1789 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 1 May 426/1 Yesterday the Great and illustrious Washington..entered upon execution of the office of First Magistrate of the United States of America. 1801 A. Hamilton Wks. VII. 219 It must be a matter of profound regret that a proposal which could give rise to it should have come from the First Magistrate of the United States. 1954 C. Dawson Medieval Ess. (2002) iii. 39 The emperor was not only the first magistrate of the Roman republic. 2000 A. Walford tr. A. Vauchez Encycl. Middle Ages II. 1504/1 From now on he [sc. the doge of Venice] was no more than the first magistrate of the city. < as lemmas |
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