Patronage Secretary
noun
An official through whom patronage is administered; specifically the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) in the British Government (formerly called the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), prime minister and novelist.
- distressed area
- distressful
- distressing
- distressingly
- distress rocket
- distress sale
- distress signal
- distress warrant
- distributable
- distributary
- distribute
- distributed denial of service
- distributed system
- distribution
- distributional
- distribution board
- distributive
- distributively
- distributor
- distributor cap
- district
- district attorney
- district auditor
- district commissioner
- district court