Thesaurus: secretary

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1. n. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
2. n. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
3. n. An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.
4. n. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
5. n. The secretary bird.
6. n. a person who is head of an administrative department of government
7. n. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
8. n. a person to whom a secret is entrusted
9. n. a desk used for writing
10. The secretary bird. Secretary Bird. Etym: [So called inallusion to the tufts of feathers at the back of its head, which werefancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zoöl.) Alarge long-legged raptorial bird (Gypogeranus serpentarius), nativeof South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and someother tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest oflong feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of variouskinds, and is much prized on account of its habit of killing anddevouring snakes of all kinds. Called also serpent eater.
11. n:100 n. a person who is head of an administrative department of government n. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization n. a desk used for writing