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1Secretary — Sec re*ta*ry, n.; pl. {Secretaries}. [F. secr[ e]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See {Secret}, a. & n.] 1 …
2Secretary bird — Secretary Sec re*ta*ry, n.; pl. {Secretaries}. [F. secr[ e]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See {Secret},… …
3secretary — sec·re·tary n pl tar·ies often cap 1: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors and stockholders meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company s interests 2: a government officer who… …
4secretary — ► NOUN (pl. secretaries) 1) a person employed to assist with correspondence, keep records, etc. 2) an official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records. 3) the principal assistant of a UK government …
5Secretary hand — is a style of handwriting common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It predominated before the dominance of Italic script, and arose in the early sixteenth century out of the need for a universal hand to cope with the increase in… …
6secretary — [sek′rə ter΄ē] n. pl. secretaries [ML secretarius, one entrusted with secrets < L secretum: see SECRET] 1. a) a person whose work is keeping records, taking care of correspondence and other writing tasks, etc. as for an individual in a… …
7Secretary — This article is about the occupation. For other uses, see Secretary (disambiguation). A secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management …
8secretary — secretaryship, n. /sek ri ter ee/, n., pl. secretaries. 1. a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of… …
9correspondence — noun 1 letters exchanged ADJECTIVE ▪ confidential, personal, private ▪ business, diplomatic, official ▪ regular ▪ …
10Secretary of State (United Kingdom) — In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department (though not all departments are headed by a Secretary of State, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer). There is in… …
