colonial administrator
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandadministrator
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colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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administrator
noun[C]
uk/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.streɪ.tər/us/ədˈmɪn.ə.streɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to control the operation of a business, organization, ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandadministratorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcolonial administrator
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In past years he was a prominentcolonialadministrator.
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When only 13 of those years had passed this deal was already being denounced by our owncolonialadministratoras iniquitous.
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He served ascolonialadministratorfor the colony in 1825, in 1834, from 1835 to 1836, in 1837 and in 1841.
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He served briefly ascolonialadministratorin 1852.
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After thecolonialadministratorsaw her covered with blood and harmed, they decided to help her.
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Lyautey is considered to have been an aptcolonialadministrator.
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There were two distinct types of 'codification' in the actions of the colonial administrators.
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He was a politician andcolonialadministrator.
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Scientists frequently urged travelers and colonial administrators operating on the imperial frontier to collect skulls.
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What furthered discontent among them and in turn caused them to harden their positions was the support given by colonial administrators to their opponents.
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Many of the authors have done research colonial administrators did not do, for example on the agricultural calendar.
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Where states previously existed, colonial administrators endowed preexisting chiefs with colonial-backed authority as the rulers of their communities.
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When called upon to arrive at a conclusive and universally applicable definition, colonial administrators found it presented problems of conceptualization and consensus.
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French colonial administrators charged with overseeing the operation of these courts were surprised with the number of women seeking divorce.
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Like many colonial administrators, his discourse reflected the tension between a belief in economic liberalism and a desire for racial order.
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They also addressed twentieth-century encounters with missionaries, merchants, concessionaires and colonial administrators.
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Disciples even refused to accompany colonial administrators who, sometimes, came to inspect the compound without notice.
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The rulers installed by colonial administrators were also given new powers as the formal arbiters of disputes.
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It was consolidated because colonial administrators supported indigenous chiefs and men in general in their attempt to keep women in the rural economy.
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