agent-general

American  

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

noun

agents-general plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• agents-general
  plural

Etymology

Origin of agent-general

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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In 1941 Bajpai became the first agent-general from India to the U.S., supported the Allied war effort when it was receiving lukewarm backing from Gandhi and other Indians.

From Time Magazine Archive

No expectations, indeed, were then formed from renewing a direct application to the French Regicides through the agent-general for the humiliation of sovereigns.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

From 1902 to 1908 he held the office of agent-general of the colony in London.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

During his last years he was agent-general for Victoria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Under these ordinances an immigration agent-general is appointed, to whom medical officers and recruiting agents are responsible, and the emigrants are allotted by him to the separate estates.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Councils of colonial ambassadors, agents-general, and so on, have, I think, definitely gone the same way.

From Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by Westgarth, William

High commissioners and agents-general became increasingly important as ambassadors to London.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas