Definitions for Secretary
ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr iSec·re·ta·ry

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. secretarynoun

   a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. secretary, secretarial assistantnoun

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

3. repository, secretarynoun

   a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4. secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretairenoun

   a desk used for writing

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. secretarynoun

   Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

2. secretarynoun

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

3. secretarynoun

   The head of a department of government.

4. secretarynoun

   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. secretarynoun

   A type of desk; a secretaire.

6. secretarynoun

   A species of bird; Sagittarius serpentarius.

7. secretaryverb

   To serve as a secretary of.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secretarynoun

   one who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets

2. Secretarynoun

   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. Secretarynoun

   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. Secretarynoun

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

5. Secretarynoun

   the secretary bird

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secretary

   A secretary, personal assistant, or administrative assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit of more than one. In other situations a secretary is an officer of a society or organization who deals with correspondence, admits new members, and organizes official meetings and events. A secretary has many administrative duties. Traditionally, these duties were mostly related to correspondence, such as the typing out of letters, maintaining files of paper documents, etc. The advent of word processing has significantly reduced the time that such duties require, with the result that many new tasks have come under the purview of the secretary. These might include managing budgets and doing bookkeeping, maintaining websites, and making travel arrangements. Secretaries might manage all the administrative details of running a high-level conference or arrange the catering for a typical lunch meeting. Often executives will ask their assistant to take the minutes at meetings and prepare meeting documents for review.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secretary

   sek′rē-tā-ri, n. one employed to write for another: a public officer entrusted with the affairs of a department of government, or of a company, &c.: a piece of furniture for writing, with drawers, pigeon-holes, &c. (also Secretaire′).—adj. Secretā′rial, pertaining to a secretary or his duties.—ns. Secretā′riate, the official position of secretary; Sec′retary-bird a raptorial serpent-eating bird resembling the crane, found in South Africa and the East—from the tufts of feathers at the back of its head like pens stuck behind the ear; Sec′retaryship.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. secretary

   A person with a defined, specific and accurate role, responsibilities, job description, employment contract and terms and agreement of employment.

   The intergovernmental secretary is an important role.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 14, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Confidant
   • Desk
   • Head

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Secretary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #622

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Secretary' in Written Corpus Frequency: #839

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Secretary' in Nouns Frequency: #238

How to pronounce Secretary?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Secretary in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Secretary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Secretary in a Sentence

1. Gordan Sondland:

   We have what are called the three amigos, and the three amigos are Secretary Perry, Ambassador Kurt Volker and Gordan Sondland.

2. Marc Short:

   The vice president never had a conversation with Gordon Sondland about investigating the Bidens, Burisma, or the conditional release of financial aid to Ukraine based upon potential investigations, gordon (Sondland) never told Secretary Pompeo that he believed the President was linking aid to investigations of political opponents. Any suggestion to the contrary is flat out false.

3. John Kennedy:

   My secretary of state can do a better job than the federal government of running an election.

4. Ted Cruz:

   Imagine for a second you're Hillary Clinton, you're trying to think, 'How do I run?' Well you can't run on the economy because we have the lowest percentage of Americans working any year since 1977. You can't run on Obamacare because millions of people have lost their jobs, lost their health care, lost their doctors, seen their premiums skyrocket. You certainly can't run on foreign policy because every country you touched as secretary of state is a disaster.

5. Madeleine Albright:

   President Clinton wisely said' I am not going until this is prepared, I am sending the secretary... That didn't thrill them,'.

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