(~s)
1.
Journalists sometimes use ~ to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service. (BRIT)
...Foreign Office ~s.
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2.
Mandarin is the official language of China.
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3.
A ~ or a ~ orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily.
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4.
A ~ was, in former times, an important government official in China.
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