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.


