Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one’s business; discharge, get rid of &c. (eject) 297; bounce* [U.S.]; fire*, fire out*; sack*.
     cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone[obs3], dethrone,
disenthrone[obs3]; depose, uncrown[obs3]; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench[obs3].
     be abrogated &c.; receive its quietus; walk the plank. 
     Adj. abrogated &c. v.; functus officio[Lat]. 
     Int. get along with you! begone! go about your business! away with!

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     #757.  Resignation.—­ N. resignation, retirement, abdication,
renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment. 
     V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one’s
hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536.
     abrogate &c. 756; desert &c. (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c. 782.
     abdicate; vacate, vacate one’s seat; accept the stewardship of the
Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one’s resignation. 
     Adj. abdicant[obs3]. 
     Phr.  “Othello’s occupation’s gone” [Othello].

     #758.  Consignee.—­ N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.
     agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy,
commissionaire[Fr]; messenger &c. 534.
     diplomatist, diplomat(e), corps diplomatique[Fr], embassy; ambassador,
embassador[obs3]; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio[obs3], charge d’affaires[Fr], attache.
     vicegerent &c. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.
     functionary, placeman[obs3], curator; treasurer &c. 801; factor,
bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one’s man of business; factotum &c. (director) 694; caretaker; dalal[obs3], dubash[obs3], garnishee, gomashta[obs3].
     negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c.
746; referee, arbitrator &c.. (judge) 967.
     traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur[Fr], touter[obs3], commercial
traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man.
     newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.

     #759.  Deputy.—­ N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens,
badli[obs3], delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary.
     regent, viceregent[obs3], vizier, minister, vicar; premier &c.
(director) 694; chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul; viceroy &c. (governor) 745; commissioner &c. 758; Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego.
     team, eight, eleven; champion. 
     V. be deputy &c. n.; stand for, appear for, hold a brief for, answer
for; represent; stand in the shoes of, walk in the shoes of; stand in the stead of.
     ablegate[obs3], accredit. 
     Adj. acting, vice, vice regal; accredited to. 
     Adv. in behalf of.

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