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