secretary
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from secrētus
Definitions
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
- I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
- The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
- None of us can type, Minister. Mrs. McKay types (laugh track). She's the secretary (laugh track).
The head of a department of government.
- Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary.
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political…
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
- Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.
- As the Soviet Union collapsed, the party secretaries in the Central Asian republics found themselves leaders of newly-established sovereign countries.
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A type of desk, secretary desk
A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Someone entrusted with a secret
Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
To serve as a secretary of.
A town in Maryland.
The neighborhood
- synonymadministrator
- synonymassistant
- synonymadministrative assistant
- synonymamanuensis
- synonymclerk
- synonymscribe
- synonymscrivener
- synonymseneschal
- neighborsecret
- neighborsecretion
- neighborsecretive
- neighborsecretory
- neighborsecretariat
- neighborstenographer
- neighbortabellion
Derived
class secretary, foreign secretary, general secretary, Home Secretary, nonsecretary, press secretary, secretarial, secretary bird, secretary desk, secretaryess, Secretary General, secretary hand, secretaryless, secretarylike, secretary problem, secretaryship, secretary spread, social secretary, subsecretary, undersecretary
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A definitional loop anchored at secretary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at secretary
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