Princeton's WordNet

1. secretary(noun)

   a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. secretary, secretarial assistant(noun)

   an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

3. repository, secretary(noun)

   a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4. secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire(noun)

   a desk used for writing

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. secretary(noun)ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i

   sb who works for another person preparing letters, organizing meetings, etc.

   a legal secretary

2. secretaryˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i

   a member of an organization who is in charge of writing notes in meetings, sending letters, etc.

   the PTA secretary

3. secretaryˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i

   a government official who is the head of a department

   the Secretary of State

Wiktionary

1. secretary(Noun)

   Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

2. secretary(Noun)

   A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

3. secretary(Noun)

   The head of a department of government.

4. 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.

5. secretary(Noun)

   A type of desk; a secretaire.

6. secretary(Noun)

   A species of bird; Sagittarius serpentarius.

7. secretary(Verb)

   To serve as a secretary of.

Webster Dictionary

1. Secretary(noun)

   one who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets

2. 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

3. 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

4. Secretary(noun)

   a piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire

5. Secretary(noun)

   the secretary bird

• 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
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• เลขานุการThai
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• 秘書Chinese (Trad.)
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• مساعد، سیکریٹریUrdu
• thư kíVietnamese
• 秘书Chinese (Simp.)