| 单词 | permanent under-secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspermanent under-secretary permanent under-secretary n. chiefly British (a) a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a Secretary of State; (b) a senior civil servant below the rank of permanent secretary, now usually the head of a division within a Department of State. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > assistant to minister permanent under-secretary1859 parliamentary private secretary1917 PPS1936 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British permanent secretary1785 abstracter1857 abstractor1859 permanent under-secretary1859 principal1867 second division1897 abstractor clerk1901 permsec1908 secretary1932 Perm.S.1942 under-secretary1959 1859 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 560/2 He..became..permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, and he continued in that position until 1847. 1904 Rep. War Office (Reconstruction) Comm. ii. 9 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1932) VIII. 101 The Council should consist of seven members—four military and three civil—with the Permanent Under-Secretary as Secretary. 1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 28/3 The FO agreed to send along its very top man, permanent under-secretary Sir John Coles KCMG. < as lemmas |
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