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

The president brought White to the briefing-room podium after publicly floating him as a possible White House press secretary. — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt left her role at the end of August. — Maegan Vazquez, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

In October, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia left the position just five days after her stint as Karoline Leavitt's replacement began. — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

Trump is currently without a White House press secretary, and the rapper’s name has been floated to fill the role. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 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