agent-general

American  

[ey-juhnt-jen-er-uhl] / ˈeɪ dʒəntˈdʒɛn ər əl /

noun

plural

agents-general

1. a chief representative.

2. a person sent to England from a British dominion to represent the interests of the dominion.

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agent-general British  

noun

1. a representative in London of a Canadian province or an Australian state

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Etymology

Origin of agent-general

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

One copy, to be marked "provisional," will be issued to the applicant and the other copy, to be marked "final," will be sent to the Agent-General, who will cause inquiries to be made through his agents as to the eligibility of the persons named therein to be nominated under the provisions of this Order.

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In the next year, 1876, soon after the opening of Parliament, the appointment of the Premier as Agent-General was announced.

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In 1864 an Immigration Act was passed providing for the appointment of an Agent-General for Emigration 65 in London, and for the repeal of the land-order sections of the 1860 Land Act.

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A new provision was made by which the Agent-General was empowered to issue to an approved passenger in London who had paid his passage-money a land-order warrant for �30.

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In 1886 the Griffith Government determined to give the system a further trial, and in the Crown Lands Act Amendment Act of that year power was given to the Agent-General to issue land-order warrants to persons paying their own passages to Queensland.

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