secretary

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
2. (capitalized, often) The head of a department of government.
3. A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
4. (US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
5. A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
6. (obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
7. (obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.

Verb

To serve as a secretary of.

Synonyms

clerk

minister

escritoire

secretaire

writer

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scribe

amanuensis

writing desk

writing table

author

secretarial assistant

repository

secretary of State

private secretary

director

administrative official

recorder

lady secretary

office clerk

commissioner

manager

stenographer

courier

councilor

councillor

office

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transactor

transcribe

argumentative person

filing clerk

Secretary of State

editor 3

Chief Secretary

keeper of a seal

front-bencher

administrative professional

receptionist

banian

boss

bureau

cashier

chancellor

chief

commissar

confidant

confidential secretary

desk

dresser

employee

government minister

Translations

secrétaire

secretario

Sekretär

segretario

secretário

Sekretärin

γραμματέας

secretaresse

secretária

segretaria

secretari

secretaria

sekreter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/

Etymology

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”).