Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer charged with the immediate control or direction of some branch of administration.
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Examples
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The place of secretary of state and controller-general passed to the
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Installed in office through the favor of Mazarin, he was successively named, after the cardinal's death, superintendent of public works, controller-general of finances, minister of marine, of commerce and agriculture, and of the colonies.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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When, after a short term in the ministry of marine, he was appointed by Louis XVI (24 Aug., 1774) controller-general of finances, he profited by the office which he held for twenty months to apply in his general policy the principles of economic Liberalism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Much of his time was taken up in elaborate memorials to the central government, and the desk of the controller-general at Versailles was loaded with minutes and reports exactly like the voluminous papers which fill the mahogany boxes of the Members of Council and the Home Secretary at Calcutta.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot John Morley 1880
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Turgot had been made controller-general in the months before Diderot's return, and Turgot's ministry was the last serious experiment in the direction of orderly reform.
Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. John Morley 1880
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_Colbert_ controller-general, to whom was given charge of the finances of the kingdom.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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He had under his orders a controller-general, M. M.chals, who was of such integrity and devotion that when, after the Revolution of July, he presented himself at Holyrood to give in his accounts to the Duchess of
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Arthur L��on Imbert de Saint-Amand 1867
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"Lend me something," she said to the controller-general of her household; "you will trust me; no one will trust this unfortunate woman."
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Arthur L��on Imbert de Saint-Amand 1867
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Ferrara, Venice had little of importance to show the controller-general of defences in the way of earthworks and bastions.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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When, therefore, a difference arose between the controller-general of defences and the
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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