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noun
A person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The office or position of being secretary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the position of secretary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Narrower terms: Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States, Secretary of Agriculture, Agriculture Secretary, Secretary of Commerce, Commerce Secretary, Secretary of Defense, Defense Secretary, Secretary of Education, Education Secretary, Secretary of Energy, Energy Secretary, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Labor, Labor Secretary, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary, Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Secretary, Secretary of Transportation, Transportation Secretary, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of War, War Secretary, Secretary of the Navy, Navy Secretary, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
History
Etymology tree English secretary Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English secretaryship From secretary + -ship.
