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secretaryess

noun

Etymology

From secretary + -ess.

  1. derived from secrētus
  2. suffixed as secretaryess — “secretary + ess”

Definitions

  1. a female secretary.

    • “He clearly comes within my province,” said the Secretaryess of Foreign Affairs. “I will attend to his case.” / “No, I will,” cried all the other Secretaryesses, and after that all of the unofficial electors said that they would.
    • "Why," defiantly explains the secretaryess of the treasury, "I ran my department just as I ran my home. I have had everything charged.

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