Definition of "secretary"

secretary

/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/

noun
plural secretaries
1. (obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
2. (obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
  Quotations
  "Do not give yourself any uneasiness about one so utterly unworthy of a thought! Sir George Kingston is without one grain of either honour or real feeling! The fact is, I have, for some months past, been his secretary, and wrote for him the letters which were sent you!"
  1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 220
3. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
4. (often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
5. A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
6. (US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
7. A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
verb
third-person singular simple present secretaries, present participle secretarying, simple past and past participle secretaried
1. (transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

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