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    [Noun]  | "sec*re*tary" | \ ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē \


    1: one employed to handle correspondence and manage routine and detail work for a superior

    2: 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

    3: an officer of an organization or society responsible for its records and correspondence

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum secret, from neuter of secretus;

    [Noun]  | "secretary bird" 


    1: a large long-legged bird of prey (Sagittarius serpentarius of the family Sagittariidae) of sub-Saharan Africa that feeds largely on reptiles

    Origin: 1824 ;

     Probably from the resemblance of its crest to a bunch of quill pens stuck behind the ear;

    [Noun]  | "sec*re*tary-gen*er*al" | \ ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl \


    1: a principal administrative officer

    Origin: 1701 ;

    [Noun]  | "executive secretary" 


    1: a secretary having administrative duties; especially : an official responsible for administering the activities and business affairs of an organization

    Origin: 1915 ;

    [Noun]  | "press secretary" 


    1: a person officially in charge of press relations for a usually prominent public figure

    Origin: 1945 ;

    [Noun]  | "social secretary" 


    1: a personal secretary employed to handle social correspondence and appointments

    Origin: 1892 ;

    [Noun]  | "Foreign Secretary" 


    1: the official in Great Britain and other countries who is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries

    [Noun]  | "sub*sec*re*tary" | \ ˌsəb-ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē \


    1: a secretary who is subordinate to another secretary

    Origin: circa 1637 ;

    [Noun]  | "un*der*sec*re*tary" | \ ˌən-dər-ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē \


    1: a secretary immediately subordinate to a principal secretary —often capitalized when used as a title

    Origin: 1687 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "Secretary of State" 


    1: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries

    2: the head of one of several important departments of the British government

    [Noun]  | "secretary" 


    1: an official whose job is to keep records;


      * e.g., " ... file your intent to run for office with the city secretary "



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     [ "secretary" ]

    1: an assistant to an executive.

      * e.g.,  ... get out of the dark ages theyre not called secretary anymore, theyre called ed 'assistants' now. and Lollypop or lollipop are the longest words you can type with your right hand. chew on that :) 

     [ "secretary" ]

    1: A position filled by a female that has no other purpose except to perform specific duties for the boss or president of the company. ie: sucking, fucking, and bending over the table...

      * e.g.,  ... Boss: Sara, why don't you come into my office and file some papers for me. 

     [ "secretary" ]

    1: one who works in an office/school who gets all the dirty work dumped on him/her. usually female, in 50s most boring , worst job complete opposite of anyone's real ambition probably worse than janitor cause you have to deal with snot nosed kids like the ones from my school

      * e.g.,  ... Student: Mr.Smith(teacher), somebody beat me up (tracks blood down hall) 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: secretary is not the longest word you can type with your left hand, stewardesses is. just wanted to let ya know

      * e.g.,  ... stewardesses = longer than secretary 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: A woman hired to do administrative work in an office setting, this word is often used interchangeably with a personal assistant, who gets stuff for her boss. This woman is attractive due to her pretty face and tight pencil skirt.

      * e.g.,  ... I needed an extra boost today so I told my secretary to brew me a second cup of coffee. 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: Secretary, derived from the word "secret" meaning secret person, or in latent terms, "slave."

      * e.g.,  ... Do you have a secretary? 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: Secretary, also known as Secret-ary. A female employed to sharpen pencils but is not very good at keeping Secrets around the office.

      * e.g.,  ... Fat Sharon: Hey - I heard that you blew the boss at the christmas party... Is that true? 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: That work position that bosses get sued for having sex with.

      * e.g.,  ... "What's that work position that bosses get sued for having sex with?" "the secretary" 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: The longest word one can type on a keyboard using only the left hand.

      * e.g.,  ... Use your left hand only, and type  

     [ "Secretary" ]

    2: Try it!

      * e.g.,  ... S E C R E T A R Y 

     [ "Secretary" ]

    1: When you forget something you did due to memory loss, or just because you forget things often, and you blame it on your secretary (that you don't really have) because you're trying to save face.

      * e.g.,  ... You see a charge on your bank statement and you call the company and yell at the phone operator and ask how they debited your account and they inform you that a debit could not have been made except by ME, and then you realize you were the one who debited your card but had forgotten so you tell the operator that it 'must've been debited by your secretary' 

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