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secretary 1. (in Britain) a senior civil servant who assists a government minister 2. (in the US and New Zealand) the head of a government administrative department 3. (in Britain) See secretary of state 4. (in Australia) the head of a public service department 5. Diplomacy the assistant to an ambassador or diplomatic minister of certain countries How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1570), greffier (clerk) at Parlement, labelled the Joyenval legend about the toads and the lilies a "fable" invented in the time of Charles VI. Le Prothocolle des notaires, tabellions, greffiers, sergens . As greffier civil [civil clerk] of the Parlement of Paris from 1530 until 1570, Jean du Tillet had a uniquely privileged vantage point from which to observe the making and execution of policy in France during the tumultuous period in which the monarchy struggled to contend with the growing problems of religious schism and political factionalism. |
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