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secretary
[ sek-ri-ter-ee ]
noun
- a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.:
the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- a person employed to handle correspondence and do routine work in a business office, usually involving taking dictation, typing, filing, and the like.
- (often initial capital letter) an officer of state charged with the superintendence and management of a particular department of government, as a member of the president's cabinet in the U.S.:
Secretary of the Treasury.
- Also called diplomatic secretary. a diplomatic official of an embassy or legation who ranks below a counselor and is usually assigned as first secretary, second secretary, or third secretary.
- a piece of furniture for use as a writing desk.
- Also called secretary bookcase. a desk with bookshelves on top of it.
secretary
/ -ərɪ; ˈsɛkrətrɪ; ˌsɛkrɪˈtɛərɪəl /
noun
- a person who handles correspondence, keeps records, and does general clerical work for an individual, organization, etc
- the official manager of the day-to-day business of a society or board
- (in Britain) a senior civil servant who assists a government minister
- (in the US and New Zealand) the head of a government administrative department
- (in Britain) See secretary of state
- (in Australia) the head of a public service department
- diplomacy the assistant to an ambassador or diplomatic minister of certain countries
- another name for secretaire
Derived Forms
- secretarial, adjective
- ˈٲ, noun
Other yvlogs From
- ۱·ٲy· noun
- ܲ·۱·ٲy noun plural subsecretaries
- sub·۱·ٲy· noun
- under·۱·ٲy· noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of secretary1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of secretary1
Example Sentences
Downing Street has rejected suggestions by the foreign secretary that the latest wave of US tariffs marks the return of a new era of "protectionism".
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Mr Yang has been banned from the UK on national security grounds after the home secretary concluded that he may have been trying to exert influence on the Duke of York.
“Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement.
Conservative shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith questioned Reynolds' claim that the government's approach had been "vindicated".
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