secretary
sec·re·tary
noun
1.
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
2.
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
4.
Origin
From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).
Phrases
- class secretary
- foreign secretary
- general secretary
- Home Secretary
- press secretary
- secretary bird
- secretary desk
- Secretary General
Related words
Word family
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Secretary of State
- Secretary General
- secretaryship
- secretary bird
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Commerce and Labor
- Secretary of Defense
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Labor
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