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

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also said the president may discuss the war in Iran and the state of the economy at the top of the speech. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026

Earlier Thursday, at the White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt had urged TV networks to carry the speech live. — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 17 July 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Thursday that the president placed the staffer on leave and that the person is complying with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. — Maegan Vazquez, Washington Post, 16 July 2026

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

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