| 单词 | indian civilian |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian civilian a. More fully Indian civilian. Originally: a member of the civil service of the East India Company. Later: a member of the Indian Civil Service. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > resident abroad > employees of East India Company factor1600 servant1621 writer1675 scavenger1702 civilian1761 1761 Compl. Hist. War in India 82 This evening Colonel Durre, of the royal artillery, the chief of the Jesuits, and two Civilians, were sent out by M. Lally. 1766 H. Strachey Let. 25 May in J. Malcolm Life of Clive (1836) III. 54 About the rage of the civilians, and more than madness of the military. 1766 R. Clive Let. 28 May in J. Malcolm Life of Clive III. 59 If the civilians entertain the officers, dismiss them the service. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 364 Civilians and Indian officers returning from sick furlough. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 257/1 Who ever heard of an Indian civilian who was not rolling in wealth, pomp, and power? 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. 759 He [sc. Warren Hastings] won the love of the new ‘civilians’ as he won the love of the Hindoos. 1910 Times 11 July 13/5 The average Indian civilian is accustomed to turn his hand to any branch of administrative work, from commanding a fire brigade to drafting a legislative Bill. 1962 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 4 173 The official civilian had a generally higher status and pay than did the military official. 1993 C. Dewey Anglo-Indian Attitudes i. 3 Each Civilian had, on average, 300,000 subjects; and each Civilian penetrated every corner of his subjects' lives, because the ICS directed all the activities of the Anglo-Indian state. < as lemmas |
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