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

Additionally, in Ohio, there were 177 cases of cyclosporiasis as of July 2, Ken Gordon, press secretary for the Ohio Department of Health's communications office, confirmed to ABC News. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Lurie’s press secretary, Charles Lutvak, said his office will have talks with stakeholders about Saturday night’s traffic. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 July 2026

But on its inaugural flight as Air Force One, a photo posted by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt aboard the plane drew even more attention for the books on the shelves behind her. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

That said, all is not lost for the monarchy, according to Queen Elizabeth’s former press secretary Ailsa Anderson. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 1 July 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