press secretary

noun

: a person officially in charge of press relations for a usually prominent public figure

Examples of press secretary in a Sentence

the White House press secretary

Recent Examples on the Web

Karine Jean-Pierre in 2022 made history as the first Black press secretary in White House as well as the first openly gay person in the role. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Zacharia’s time in China was just one of her career highlights that triggered intense media scrutiny following her brief and turbulent appointment as White House press secretary. — John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

With verbal chops like those, who needs an articulate press secretary? — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is out after less than a week on the job, reported The New York Times citing people familiar with the matter. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for press secretary

• accretionary
• apothecary
• bicentenary
• certiorari
• concessionary
• concretionary
• confectionary
• confectionery
• constabulary
• contemporary
• deflationary
• depositary

Kids Definition

press secretary

noun

: a person in charge of relations with the press for a public figure