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secretary

/ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i/noun4 syllables

Secretary means: a desk used for writing.

Synonyms for secretary5

noun, as in a desk used for writing

writing table, escritoire, secretaire

noun, as in an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

secretarial assistant

noun, as in a person to whom a secret is entrusted

What does secretary mean?4

noun

1

a desk used for writing

2

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

3

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Secretary in a sentence

  • Your club needs to elect officers: president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.Chevere33
  • As a secretary, he can easily arrange that.pullnosemans
  • He dismissed his secretary, who was very idle.unknown
  • Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.CM
  • The manager treated his secretary very badly, because she made a small mistake.Nylez
  • The secretary opened the mail which had been delivered that morning.CK
  • The boss has a high opinion of his secretary.unknown
  • Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of secretary

as a noun

plural
secretaries