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Secretary

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Noun

1. secretary

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. secretarial assistant, secretary

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

3. repository, secretary

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4. escritoire, secretaire, secretary, writing table

a desk used for writing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Secretary

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noun plural -taries
1. 
a person who handles correspondence, keeps records, and does general clerical work for an individual, organization, etc
2. 
the official manager of the day-to-day business of a society or board
3. 
(in Britain) a senior civil servant who assists a government minister
4. 
(in the US and New Zealand) the head of a government administrative department
5.  (in Britain) See secretary of state (sense 1)
6. 
(in Australia) the head of a public service department
7. diplomacy
the assistant to an ambassador or diplomatic minister of certain countries
8.  another name for secretaire

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Secretary

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nounWord forms: plural ˈsecreˌtaries
1. 
a. 
a person whose work is keeping records, taking care of correspondence and other writing tasks, etc. as for an individual in a business office
b. 
an officer of a company, club, etc. having somewhat similar functions
2.  US; [often S-]
an official in charge of a department of government
3. 
a writing desk, esp. one topped with a small bookcase

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Secretary

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n. pl. sec·re·tar·ies
1. A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
2. An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
3. An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
4. A desk with a small bookcase on top.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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