male-administration

See also: maleadministration

English

Noun

male-administration (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maladministration. [17th–18th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He Writes against the Minister, by whose Instigation He is Arrested, and Moves Himself by Habeas Corpus into the Fleet”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 149:
      Mean vvhile, he reſumed his taſk; and having finiſhed a moſt ſevere remonſtrance against Sir Steady, not only vvith regard to his private ingratitude, but also to his male-adminiſtration of public affairs, he ſent it to the author of a vveekly paper, […]
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