secretary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/
The English word “secretary” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
- 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.
- 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.
verb
- To serve as a secretary of.
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”).
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