agent general

plural agents general · alternative agent-general

1. Someone acting as the representative of an organisation, country etc.
   1. archaicThe representative of a British colony or, later, of a Canadian province or Australian state in key cities abroad.First known use 17th c.
   2. archaichistoricallifestyleAn ecclesiastic elected to manage accounting and other matters for the Church of France.First known use 17th c.

      Appointed in 1780 to the position of agent-general of the clergy, he determined at once to make the most of the appointment.

      1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 15