secretary
[noun]
Synonyms: desk, escritoire, secretaire, writing desk

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sec‧re‧ta‧ry S2 W1 /ˈsekrətəri, ˈsekrɪtəri $ -teri-/ noun (plural secretaries) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: secretarius 'someone who does private work for another, secretary', from Latin secretus; ⇒ secret¹]

1. someone who works in an office typing letters, keeping records, answering telephone calls, arranging meetings etc:
My secretary will fax you all the details.
medical/legal secretary

2.
a) (also Secretary of State) the head of an important department in the British government:
the Foreign Secretary ⇒ Home Secretary
b) an official in charge of a large government department in the US:
the Secretary of Defense
c) a British official who works in a government department or embassy and is below the rank of minister or ambassador:
the First Secretary at the British Embassy ⇒ Secretary of State, undersecretary

3. a member of a club or organization who takes notes in meetings, writes official letters etc:
the secretary of the tennis club

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

secretary
noun
I. person who works in an office
ADJ. executive, legal | press, publicity | personal, private | social | school
 ⇒ Note at JOB

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secretary
II. official of a club/government department, etc.
ADJ. chief, first the First Secretary of the Communist Party
deputy, under | assistant | acting | permanent | honorary | former, then the then Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson
executive, general | branch, district, group, national, regional | club, company | cabinet, shadow (= a senior British politician of the opposition party) | parliamentary, state | Agriculture, Defence, Economic, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Financial, Foreign, Health, Home, Trade and Industry, Transport, Treasury, etc.
VERB + SECRETARY act as | resign as | elect, elect sb (as) | replace (sb as)
SECRETARY + NOUN General UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan
PREP. ~ for the Secretary for National Defence
~ to secretary to the jockey club
PHRASES the post of secretary, Secretary of State the United States Secretary of State

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