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(the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the letter ‘i’ in “ink”, the ‘c’ with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”, and the letter ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in “but”)
(in British English) a priest in the Church of England;
- Nambaryn Enkhboyar, incumbent president of Mongolia (as of 01-02-2010)
(in general) any person who holds a position or office, especially an important political office, such as a mayor, a party president, etc. ;
- Edmund Ho Hau Wah, incumbent Chief Executive of China’s Macao Special Administrative Region
a keeper of some important thing; custodian
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Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.