colonial officer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandofficer
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colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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officer
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/us/ˈɑː.fɪ.sɚ/
a person in the armed forces who has a position ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandofficerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A pamphlet published in 1950 as an advertisement for the service emphasized creativity, initiative, and enterprise, rather than particular skills, as the qualities needed for success as acolonialofficer.
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They made an attempt to degrade to the lowest form of life thecolonialofficerrepresenting your policies.
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I can speak from my experience as acolonialofficerwho gave effect to our overseas policies for 30 years.
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The typicalcolonialofficerendured malaria, dysentery and typhoid as normal occupational hazards.
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The reward will not be the same as the reward of thecolonialofficerformerly.
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I was an overseascolonialofficer.
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More reliable indicators of demographic crisis were provided by the occasional population counts of particular villages or sub-counties performed by colonial officers.
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Many colonial officers were still committed to the principles of indirect rule.
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This is not the grumpy memoir that one comes to expect from old colonial officers.
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This chain-reaction model was certainly popular among colonial officers, and it is not impossible that the folk model is partly the result of feedback.
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Colonial officers trained farmers, through meetings and field days, using handouts, discussion groups, visits and talks by outstanding farmers.
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They were authored by translators, colonial officers and reporters and eventually materialized in written documents.
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Among the most important facts about this conservative agenda in colonial reform was that its specific proposals were overseen and presented by senior colonial officers.
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Yet, as the analysis presented here has shown, colonial officers' reports often presented an order that, in reality, was far more complex and therefore difficult to control.
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I have argued that the context of the legal prosecution and the strong influence of colonial officers on the framing of the statements left its imprint on these representations.
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We will not have colonial officers telling us that decisions will hurt us, they know better than us and eventually we will benefit.
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This taint of colonialism, which colonial officers might have even if they change their name and job, can be exaggerated to a ridiculous extent.
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The exchange of colonial officers in training is also being considered.
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