单词 | office-seeker |
释义 | > as lemmasoffice-seeker office-seeker n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > one who seeks office office-hunter1795 office-seeker1808 society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one who seeks employment > who has or seeks type of position place-hunter1713 office-hunter1795 office-seeker1808 sinecurist1817 1808 J. Neal Pandemonium in Dishabille i Aye, that is the wish of all from Jefferson down to our lowest office seeker; true I have whissled about a little, but it was all for the purposes of popularity and office. 1845 Knickerbocker 25 374 A Friend writing from Washington..give us this pleasant sketch of a ‘Sucker’ office-seeker. 1883 W. Whitman Collect in Specimen Days & Collect 259 The members..were..the meanest kind of bawling and blowing office-holders, office-seekers. 1977 Listener 11 Aug. 163/1 In 1881..James A. Garfield..was assassinated by a disappointed office-seeker from his own party ranks. < as lemmas |
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