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单词 whitehall warrior
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Whitehall warrior
Whitehall warrior n. colloquial (sometimes depreciative) a civil servant; a member of the armed forces employed in administration rather than on active service.
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Whitehall warrior1944
1944 Manch. Guardian 19 Feb. 4/4 Perhaps the Whitehall warriors who served a notice to quit on..the Scala Theatre felt that no one would miss a season of Shakespeare.
1976 A. White Long Silence vii. 57 I didn't want anybody to think I was a chairbound officer, a Whitehall Warrior.
1989 Guardian 30 Nov. 47/3 He enjoyed two periods of high drama—at least one more than most Whitehall warriors encounter.
2007 G. Bennett Churchill's Man of Myst. x. 201 He was..an experienced Whitehall warrior with a formidable expertise in economic and scientific matters.
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