German Meaning of secretary

Sekretär

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Definitions and Meaning of secretary in English

Wordnet

secretary (n)

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

a desk used for writing

Webster

secretary (n.)

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.

A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.

The secretary bird.

An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.

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Sekretär

a person who is head of an administrative department of government, an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization, a p

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secretaries => Sekretärinnen, secretariate => Sekretariat, secretariat => Sekretariat, secretarial school => Sekretariatsschule, secretarial assistant => Sekretärin,