Secretarius, noun
- Forms:
- Also with small initial.
- Origin:
- Dutch, medieval LatinShow more Dutch, from medieval Latin.
obs.
The secretary to the Council of Policy at the Cape, under Dutch rule; the Dutch term for the Government Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape, 1795–1803.
1798 Lady A. Barnard in Lord Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 414By her was Mynheer the ‘Secretarius’.
1924 D. Fairbridge Lady Anne Barnard 76Lady Anne beguiled her leisure, amongst her orange trees in the shade of her oaks, in writing charming letters to Macartney and other friends; even the busy Secretarius found time for long accounts of Cape affairs.
The secretary to the Council of Policy at the Cape, under Dutch rule; the Dutch term for the Government Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape, 1795–1803.
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