单词 | privy purse |
释义 | privy pursenoun British.a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses. a member of the royal household in charge of paying these expenses. Origin of privy purseFirst recorded in 1655–65 Words nearby privy pursepriv. pr., privy, privy chamber, privy coat, privy council, privy purse, privy seal, prix fixe, Prix Goncourt, prize, prize court Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for privy purse
British Dictionary definitions for privy purseprivy purse noun (often capitals)
an official of the royal household responsible for dealing with the monarch's private expensesFull name: Keeper of the Privy Purse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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