post-holder

Tagged the "bag carrier", the post-holder is supposed to keep the leader of the opposition up to speed on sentiment within the parliamentary party and it was in pursuit of this activity that the e-mails were sent.

This one will have legs Richard 2006

A skilled post-holder can very easily play off each of the institutions against the others, between which there is already some tension.

Mythbusters II Richard 2007

A skilled post-holder can very easily play off each of the institutions against the others, between which there is already some tension.

Archive 2007-08-01 Richard 2007

He said one of the most important functions of the new post-holder would be to organise democratic accountability.

And so to Scotland 2006

He said one of the most important functions of the new post-holder would be to organise democratic accountability.

Archive 2006-09-01 2006

A post-holder had been established in Ké three months previous to our visit.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

During the weeks I was prostrate they were quite annoyed, the post-holder said, that we stayed so much indoors, and some of them stood constantly by the window, which was too high, however, for them to see in readily.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

Within the last few months the Dutch had asserted their rights in some of these most outlying islands of their possessions, and a post-holder is an official who, by residence amongst the savage inhabitants, upholds the authority of the Government, and meanwhile impresses on the natives the benefits of civilisation.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

I sped into the village for help, but met the post-holder with his men running towards me, attracted by the rushing noise of the conflagration.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

I was miserably anxious while this was being proposed, and was cowardly enough to be glad when the post-holder refused to risk his life in such an attempt, excusing himself on the plea that our neighbours of the next village, who had suffered badly in the last fray, would oppose a peace.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887