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circuit_intendant

circuit intendant

English

"The Tao Tai's Retinue", an illustration of the procession attending the Shanghai Circuit Intendant in the 1890s.

Noun

circuit intendant (plural circuit intendants)

  1. (historical) The chief magistrate of a imperial Chinese circuit, overseeing both its civil operation and local defense.

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