Meaning of secretary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
2. A town in Maryland.
3. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work
4. of a secretary or his/her duties. trained in secretarial work; at secretarial college. sekretarieel سِكْرِتيري، مُتَعَلِّق بالأعْمال السِّكْرِتيريَّه секретарски de secretária tajemnický Sekretärs-... sekretær- γραμματειακός de secretaría sekretäri- مربوط به منشي گري sihteeri- de secrétaire/secrétariat שֶׁל הַמַזכִּיר साचिविक tajnički, sekretarski titkári sekretarial ritara- segretariale, da segretario 秘書の 비서의 sekretoriaus sekretāra-; sekretāru- kesetiausahaan van een secretaresse sekretær- d...
5. The head of a department of government.
   capitalized, often
6. The head of a department of government
7. A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
8. A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
9. A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations
10. An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
11. A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire
12. A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
    US
13. An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
14. A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius
15. A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
16. A desk with a small bookcase on top.
17. Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
    obsolete
18. (Professions) a person who handles correspondence, keeps records, and does general clerical work for an individual, organization, etc
19. Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
    obsolete
20. the official manager of the day-to-day business of a society or board
21. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) a senior civil servant who assists a government minister
22. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US and New Zealand) the head of a government administrative department
23. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) See secretary of state1

Equivalents

Examples

“I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.”

“The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.”

“None of us can type, Minister. Mrs. McKay types (laugh track). She's the secretary (laugh track).”

“Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary.”

“Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.”

“"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!"”

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