And the admiral's chilly delivery had made the unofficial position just as clear.

Porte-Oriflamme - a very prestigious position, though unofficial, which carries the royal banner in battle.

That, in any case, is the unofficial position of Her Majesty's government.

His unofficial position of regimental painter gained Denis much greater freedom than the common soldier and allowed him several opportunities to practice his art.

But holding that unofficial position is unlikely to stem the criticism.

McCoy took up his customary, albeit unofficial, position at Kirk's left shoulder.

Stefano Zacchiroli abandoned this unofficial position when elected in April 2010.

If someone was to succeed his unofficial position of power, they were going to have to earn it through their own publicly proven merits.

This was an unofficial position known at the time as the mesazon, and equivalent to a vizier or "prime-minister".

Earlier in her career, she had worked in unofficial or volunteer positions at the university where her husband was a professor.