Definitions for secretaryˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sec•re•tar•yˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i(n.)(pl.)-tar•ies.
a person in charge of records, correspondence, and related affairs, as for a company.
a person employed to do routine work in a business office, as typing, filing, and answering phones.
a person employed to attend to the individual or confidential correspondence, scheduling, etc. of an executive, celebrity, or the like.
(often cap.) an officer of state charged with the superintendence and management of a particular department of government, as a member of the president's cabinet in the U.S.:
Secretary of the Treasury.
Category: Government
a diplomatic official who assists an ambassador or minister.
Category: Government
a piece of furniture for use as a writing desk, esp. one with drawers below and a cabinet or bookshelves above an often enclosed writing surface.
Category: Furniture
Origin of secretary:
1350–1400; ME secretarie one trusted with private or secret matters, confidant < ML sēcrētārius= L sēcrēt(um)secret (n.) +-ārius -ary
sec′re•tar`y•ship`(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
secretary(noun)
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
secretary, secretarial assistant(noun)
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
repository, secretary(noun)
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire(noun)
a desk used for writing
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
secretary(noun)ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i
sb who works for another person preparing letters, organizing meetings, etc.
a legal secretary
secretaryˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i
a member of an organization who is in charge of writing notes in meetings, sending letters, etc.
the PTA secretary
secretaryˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i
a government official who is the head of a department
the Secretary of State
Wiktionary
secretary(Noun)
Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
secretary(Noun)
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
secretary(Noun)
The head of a department of government.
secretary(Noun)
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Ban Ki-Moon is the current secretary general of the United Nations.
secretary(Noun)
A type of desk; a secretaire.
secretary(Noun)
A species of bird; Sagittarius serpentarius.
secretary(Verb)
To serve as a secretary of.
Webster Dictionary
Secretary(noun)
one who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets
Secretary(noun)
a person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual
Secretary(noun)
an officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc
Secretary(noun)
a piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire
Secretary(noun)
the secretary bird
Translations for secretary
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
secretary(noun)
a person employed to write letters, keep records and make business arrangements etc for another person
He dictated a letter to his secretary.
- sekretaresseAfrikaans

- سِكْرِتير أو سِكْرِتيرَه، أمين سِرArabic

- секретар/каBulgarian

- secretáriaPortuguese (BR)

- sekretář, -kaCzech

- der/die Sekretär(in)German

- sekretærDanish

- γραμματέας (το επάγγελμα)Greek

- secretarioSpanish

- sekretärEstonian

- منشيFarsi

- sihteeriFinnish

- secrétaireFrench

- מַזכִּיר, מַזכִּירָהHebrew

- मुंशीHindi

- tajnikCroatian

- titkárHungarian

- sekretarisIndonesian

- ritariIcelandic

- segretarioItalian

- 秘書Japanese

- 비서Korean

- sekretoriusLithuanian

- sekretārs; sekretāreLatvian

- setiausahaMalay

- secretaresseDutch

- sekretær; daglig lederNorwegian

- sekretarka, sekretarzPolish

- منشيPersian

- سكرټر، منشى، ميرزا، وزير، رئيس، مشر: دليكنې ميزPashto

- secretáriaPortuguese

- secretarRomanian

- секретарьRussian

- sekretár, -kaSlovak

- tajnik, tajnicaSlovenian

- sekretaricaSerbian

- sekreterareSwedish

- เลขานุการThai

- sekreterTurkish

- 秘書Chinese (Trad.)

- секретарUkrainian

- مساعد، سیکریٹریUrdu

- thư kíVietnamese

- 秘书Chinese (Simp.)

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