Noun | 1. | secretary - a person who is head of an administrative department of government |
2. | secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization Synonyms: secretarial assistant | |
3. | secretary - a person to whom a secret is entrusted Synonyms: repository | |
4. | secretary - a desk used for writing |
SECRETARY. An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and other instruments. He is so called because he is possessed of the secrets of his employer. This term wag used in France in 1343, and in England the term secretary was first applied to the clerks of the king, who being always near his person were called clerks of the secret, and in the reign of Henry VIII. the term secretary of state came into it.
Agriculture Secretary, Attorney General, chief, Commerce Secretary, Defense Secretary, Education Secretary, Energy Secretary, head, Interior Secretary, Labor Secretary, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, top dog, Transportation Secretary, Treasury Secretary, undersecretary, United States Attorney General, US Attorney General