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parliamentary agent

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(Parliamentary Procedure) (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
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Noun1.parliamentary agent - a person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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Towards six o'clock of the afternoon, Twemlow begins to persuade himself that he is positively jaded with work, and thinks it much to be regretted that he was not brought up as a Parliamentary agent.
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