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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