"agent general" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌeɪdʒənt ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/ [UK] Forms: agents general [plural]
Etymology: From agent + general, after French agent général, Italian agente generale. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|fr|agent général|notext=1}} French agent général, {{cal|en|it|agente generale|notext=1}} Italian agente generale Head templates: {{en-noun|agents general}} agent general (plural agents general)
  1. (now rare) Someone acting as the representative of an organisation, country etc.
    The representative of a British colony or, later, of a Canadian province or Australian state in key cities abroad.
    Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-agent_general-en-noun-nz4dkhlD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36
  2. (now rare) Someone acting as the representative of an organisation, country etc.
    (historical, religion) An ecclesiastic elected to manage accounting and other matters for the Church of France.
    Tags: archaic, historical Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-agent_general-en-noun-GxMpIgFX Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: delegate general, agent-general Translations (representative of organisation, country etc.): agent général [masculine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'representative of organisation, country etc.': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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