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Secretary
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- 1 A town in Maryland.
- 1 A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
"I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients."
- 2 a desk used for writing wordnet
- 3 The head of a department of government. capitalized, often
"Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary."
- 4 a person to whom a secret is entrusted wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization wordnet
- 7 A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire. US
- 8 a person who is head of an administrative department of government wordnet
- 9 A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
- 10 Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant. obsolete
- 11 Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence. obsolete
""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!""
- 1 To serve as a secretary of. transitive
Etymology
From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).
From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).
Named by Lord Baltimore after his secretary.
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