sinecurist

A venal and self-serving lackey, the sinecurist heir to the translating throne?

MP Nunan: Gaddafi's Loyal-ish Translator MP Nunan 2011

A venal and self-serving lackey, the sinecurist heir to the translating throne?

MP Nunan: Gaddafi's Loyal-ish Translator MP Nunan 2011

His man is a man of business; his embassy is no showy sinecure; his ambassador is no showy sinecurist.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

The Indian nabob, or millionaire as we should now call him, had begun to desire a seat in Parliament for his own purposes, just as the sinecurist did for his, and he was able to outbid the home purchaser.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

"Great genius to great madness is allied." the genius of these days looks even to St Luke's, like Oxford, as a berth in _dernier ressort_, where a sinecurist may enjoy bed and board at the cost of the state, and as a fair _honorario_ for the trouble of concocting a new scheme for raising the wind, or getting a living.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

Nor was this all; for his influence in Gloucestershire enabled him to secure, during many years, his own seat for Gloucester, thus rendering his borough disposable; and thus, master of a hereditary fortune, an easy sinecurist, the possessor of two votes, and the influencer of the third -- a man of family,

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

He would then heartily wish himself out of Parliament: the sorrows of a sinecurist might well be the title of some of the letters written from Matson.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

As a politician Selwyn, as has already been said, was a sinecurist; he never took a political interest in affairs of state, and he looked at events which have become historical from an unpolitical point of view.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

Yet, sinecurist as he was, Selwyn often regarded his position as a hard necessity, especially when he was driven into the country to look after his constituents.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

It would be absurd to censure him because he was a sinecurist; he was acting according to the customs of the time.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue