social secretary

noun

: a personal secretary employed to handle social correspondence and appointments

Examples of social secretary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kundera’s wife, Vera, was an essential companion to a reclusive man who eschewed technology — his translator, his social secretary, and ultimately his buffer against the outside world. Elaine Ganley, Fortune, 12 July 2023 No, not necessarily those intimates, but her confidantes, her hairdresser, her social secretary and, briefly, her young children. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024 The elegant Gypsy Queen, Emblem Joyce, opened a tableau that brought forth 15 float contingents, each representing a different musical genre, and each earning raves for costumes and flair from the Observer’s social secretary Floral Headpiece and his brusque bodyguard Dark Hallway. The Masked Observer, al, 20 Feb. 2022 Carlos Elizondo, who was social secretary for Jill Biden during the Obama administration, will reprise his role and serve as social secretary for the incoming first lady. Alexandra Jaffe, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020 See all Example Sentences for social secretary 

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Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of social secretary was in 1892

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“Social secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20secretary. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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