Secretary

Quick meaning: Secretary is a noun meaning A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

Meaning

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

More Meanings

1. (often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
2. A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
3. (US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
4. A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
5. (original sense, now obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
6. (transitive) To serve as a secretary of.
7. (obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.

Example Sentences

Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.

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).

Word Forms

• secretaries
• secretarie
• secretarying
• secretaried

Synonyms for secretary

Depending on context, synonyms include administrator, assistant, amanuensis, clerk, scribe, scrivener.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include secretaire, repository, escritoire, secretariat, directorate, bureau.

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