Secretary

//ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Maryland.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a desk used for writing wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a person to whom a secret is entrusted wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization wordnet
  2. 7
    A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire. US
  3. 8
    a person who is head of an administrative department of government wordnet
  4. 9
    A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
  5. 10
    Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant. obsolete
  6. 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!""

Verb
  1. 1
    To serve as a secretary of. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

Named by Lord Baltimore after his secretary.

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