: one employed to handle correspondence and manage routine and detail work for a superior
2
a
: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors' and stockholders' meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company's legal interests
b
: an officer of an organization or society responsible for its records and correspondence
3
: an officer of state who superintends a government administrative department
You can set up an appointment with my secretary.
He works as a legal secretary.
He was the club's secretary.
He is a junior secretary at the embassy.
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Bartiromo responded by pressing the secretary about the latest job numbers as economists viewed the latest reports as having more limited job gains than anticipated.—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The mayor was told by agents at the gate the secretary was unavailable to meet.—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Press secretary Karoline Leavitt celebrated the surge with a post on X from the Association of Mature American Citizens, a conservative organization.—Jaures Yip, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025 Leakey employed Goodall as a secretary and sent her to study primate behavior in London in 1958.—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secretary
Word History
Etymology
Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum secret, from neuter of secretus
: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors' and stockholders' meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company's interests
2
: a government officer who superintends an administrative department
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