| 单词 | royal warrant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal warrant royal warrant n. a warrant issued by or under the authority of a monarch, spec. one authorizing a company to be the supplier of a category of goods to a particular member of the British royal family. ΚΠ 1636 Canons & Constit. Church of Scotl. (title page) Ratified and approved by his Majesties royall warrand. 1752 Scots Mag. Apr. 189/2 A power and authority to require payment of a sum..in virtue of a royal warrant issued by his Highness for that effect. 1835 Times 15 Aug. 3/1 (advt.) Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria having been most graciously pleased to appoint, by royal warrant, Mr. J. Calvert their Bowyer and Fletcher, [etc.]. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 354/1 Royal warrants, where the army is concerned, relate to all matters touching the soldier. 1916 London Gaz. 5 Apr. 3647/1 Royal Warrant instituting a new medal entitled ‘The Military Medal’. 1962 Guardian 2 Dec. 12/1 A list of Royal Warrant holders..shows that only two firms are now permitted to style themselves ‘By Appointment to the late Queen Alexandra’. 2006 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 10/1 Musk's, which holds a Royal warrant, claims to produce the original Newmarket sausage. < as lemmas |
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