secretary.
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
Meaning & usage
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
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.
The head of a department of government.
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.
As the Soviet Union collapsed, the party secretaries in the Central Asian republics found themselves leaders of newly-established sovereign countries.
A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).
To serve as a secretary of.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin secrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin secrētus (“private, secret”), past participle of secernere (“to separate, set apart”), from se- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”).
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