agent-general

[ ey-juhnt-jen-er-uhl ]

noun,plural a·gents-gen·er·al.
  1. a chief representative.

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

Origin of agent-general

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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British Dictionary definitions for agent-general

agent-general

nounplural agents-general
  1. a representative in London of a Canadian province or an Australian state

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