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How to pronounce secretary in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms repository
Type of confidant, intimate
Type Words
Synonyms secretarial assistant
Type of help, helper, assistant, supporter
Has types stenographer, amanuensis, receptionist, shorthand typist, social secretary, executive secretary
Derivation secretarial, secretaryship
Type Words
Synonyms escritoire, secretaire, writing table
Type of desk
Type Words
Type of head, chief, top dog
Has types secretary of state, secretary of the interior, secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, secretary of veterans affairs, transportation secretary, treasury secretary, undersecretary, united states attorney general, agriculture secretary, us attorney general, attorney general, commerce secretary, defense secretary, education secretary, energy secretary, interior secretary, labor secretary, secretary of agriculture, secretary of commerce, secretary of defense, secretary of education, secretary of energy, secretary of health and human services, secretary of housing and urban development, secretary of labor
Derivation secretaryship

Examples of secretary

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Gessler, who will earn $68,500 as secretary of state, said he needed more money.
From the denverpost.com
From 2005 to 2008, he was a special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force.
From the us.cnn.com
Indeed, the Department of Homeland Security's deputy secretary is an Aecom alum.
From the forbes.com
You started in banking as a loan secretary at the former Central Bank and Trust.
From the kansas.com
Carnahan, the Missouri secretary of state and likely Democratic nominee, is not.
From the kentucky.com
The Treasury secretary asked them to preserve the Fed's power to regulate banks.
From the online.wsj.com
Things go wrong when a photographer turns newsreel-maker to impress a secretary.
From the post-gazette.com
A flamboyant race car-driving businessman or the secretary of state for defence?
From the guardian.co.uk
The secretary of defense says that al-Qaida is on the verge of strategic defeat.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • 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
  • Repository: a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • A desk used for writing
  • (secretarial) of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
  • A secretary is a person whose work consists of maintaining files, operating telephones, typing letters and other clerical functions. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit of more than one such. ...
  • Secretary is a title commonly held by a member of an organization, club, or society. Common duties of the Secretary include taking minutes, notifying members of meetings, contacting various persons in relation to the society, administrating the day to day activities of the organization and ...
  • Secretary is a 2002 dominant/submissive-themed romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Shainberg. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway and James Spader as E. Edward Grey. The film is based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill.
  • A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet.