Crown Agent

noun

1

: an agent for the British crown

specifically : a solicitor under the lord advocate in charge of criminal proceedings in Scotland

2

: an agent in England acting in behalf of the business and financial interests of a British colony

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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