secretary
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,327 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,453 times across 157,096 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization also: secretarial assistant
- a person to whom a secret is entrusted also: repository
- a desk used for writing also: writing table, escritoire, secretaire
secretary in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His secretary, still quivering with excitement, again answered yes.
Nonsense Novels · Stephen Leacock · Chapter 1
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For Maxence considered the bills found in the secretary as a flagrant, irrefutable and material proof.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I here create thee Lord High-chamberlain, Chief Secretary to the state and me, Earl of Cornwall, King and Lord of Man.
Edward the Second · Christopher Marlowe · Chapter 1
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The most important of these were the substitution for the original closing paragraph of the beautiful peroration suggested by Secretary Seward.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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And I was a proud man when I got the invite to be secretary to the first meeting o' the new Caetus.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon · Amelia E. Barr · Chapter 1