secretary

About 44.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

   I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.

2. noun The head of a department of government.
3. noun A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.

   Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.

4. noun A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
5. noun A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
6. noun Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
7. noun Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
8. verb To serve as a secretary of.

Similar words

secretaire repository escritoire secretarial assistant writing table secretariat directorate bureau commissioner director-general

Often followed by

of to and for general in was at or

Word family

secretarial secretaries secretaryship secretaryships