Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 10 compound words that contain secretary. The most common are listed below. Open secretary in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- Secretary of StateAny of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
- General SecretaryChief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.
- secretary-generalAlternative spelling of Secretary General.
- press secretaryA senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and helps the employer to maintain a positive public image.
- secretary birdA large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
- Home SecretaryThe British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office.
- secretary handA style of handwriting developed in Europe and used during the 16th and 17th centuries for writing English, German, Welsh and Gaelic; a variety of this style.
- Assistant Secretary
- foreign secretaryAlternative letter-case form of Foreign Secretary.
- Under SecretaryAlternative spelling of undersecretary: An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- class secretaryA person in a school's student council who takes minutes at meetings etc.
- legal secretaryOne who performs clerical work and obtains and provides information, under supervision, for a legal case.
- secretary problemThe problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality of the applicants is not known before interviewing, and once rejected an applicant …
- secretary problemsplural of secretary problem: The problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality of the applicants is not known before interviewing, and …
- parliamentary under secretaryA junior minister in certain government systems, particularly in the United Kingdom, who assists a senior minister (the Secretary of State) and represents the department in parliament.
- secretary deskSynonym of escritoire (“a writing desk with a hinged door”).
- Parliamentary Secretarya Member of Parliament appointed, usually as a junior minister, to assist a Minister of the Crown with departmental responsibilities
- secretary handsplural of secretary hand: A style of handwriting developed in Europe and used during the 16th and 17th centuries for writing English, German, Welsh and Gaelic; a variety of this style.
- social secretaryA secretary who handles the social side of an enterprise.
- secretary spreadThe apparent widening of the hips and buttocks, as seen when a voluptuous woman sits on a chair.
- secretary birdsplural of secretary bird: A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
- secretary desksplural of secretary desk: Synonym of escritoire (“a writing desk with a hinged door”).
Compound words 10
- secretaryessa female secretary.
- secretarylikeResembling or characteristic of a secretary.
- nonsecretaryOne who is not a secretary.
- subsecretaryAn undersecretary.
- undersecretaryAn administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- secretarylessWithout a secretary.
- secretaryshipA person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.
- secretarybirdAlternative spelling of secretary bird: A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
- secretarybirdsplural of secretarybird: A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
- secretaryshipsplural of secretaryship: A person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.