secretary
/ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i/ noun A2- A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. · I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.· The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
- The head of a department of government.
- A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations. · Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.
- A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
- A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Plural secretaries
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He was accompanied in his travels by his private secretary, Mr.
Every effort should be made to find the secretary, Stangerson, and to ascertain some particulars of the habits of the deceased.
He is after the secretary Stangerson, who had no more to do with the crime than the babe unborn.
‘His secretary, Mr.
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