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English
Etymology
From semi- + state.
Adjective
semi-state (not comparable)
- (Ireland) state-owned but managed independently along commercial lines
- 1950 March 2, Edward Richards-Orpen, State and Semi-State Companies—Motion. Seanad Éireann debates Vol.37 No.9 p.5 c.692:
- I think it would be agreed by all that in the last ten or 15 years we have seen a remarkable growth of these State and semi-State companies, by which I mean companies in which our Minister for Finance holds shares and very often holds the dominating number of shares.
- ceremonial, but somewhat less ornate, formal, or prestigious than would be classed as "state"
1896, Cassell's Family Magazine, page 700:There now remains the fourth side of the square, which is devoted to the state and semi-state carriages. The semi-state carriages, eleven in number, are chiefly of modern make.
1940, Larz Anderson, “An Embassy to Japan”, in Letters and Journals of a Diplomat, Fleming H. Revell, page 380:Soon a full-state carriage arrived, followed by two semi-state carriages, [...]
- a. 2017, Royal Collection Trust, "Windsor Castle > The Semi-State Rooms" (website accessed 19 Oct 2017)
- These Semi-State Rooms are among the most richly decorated interiors in the Castle and are used by The Queen for official entertaining.
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