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1. (noun) secretary
a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. (noun) secretary, secretarial assistant
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

3. (noun) repository, secretary
a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4. (noun) secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire
a desk used for writing

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1. (noun) secretary
one who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets

2. (noun) secretary
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

3. (noun) secretary
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

4. (noun) secretary
a piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire

5. (noun) secretary
the secretary bird

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