German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967)

German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967)

Any of various officials of high rank, especially, The chief minister of state in some European countries, Originally, under the later Roman emperors, a doorkeeper or usher, who stood at the latticed railing inclosing the judgment-seat, to keep off the crowd and to introduce such persons as were entitled to pass inside