Synonyms for secretary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sek-ri-ter-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i |
Top 10 synonyms for secretary
Définition of secretary
Origin :- late 14c., "person entrusted with secrets," from Medieval Latin secretarius "clerk, notary, confidential officer, confidant," a title applied to various confidential officers, noun use of adjective meaning "private, secret, pertaining to private or secret matters" (cf. Latin secretarium "a council-chamber, conclave, consistory"), from Latin secretum "a secret, a hidden thing" (see secret (n.)).
- Meaning "person who keeps records, write letters, etc.," originally for a king, first recorded c.1400. As title of ministers presiding over executive departments of state, it is from 1590s. The word also is used in both French and English to mean "a private desk," sometimes in French form secretaire. The South African secretary bird so called (1786) in reference to its crest, which, when smooth, resembles a pen stuck over the ear. Cf. Late Latin silentiarius "privy councilor, 'silentiary," from Latin silentium "a being silent."
- noun office worker
- noun desk
- "Been and gone," was the secretary's answer, with the terseness characteristic of her.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He paused, evidently expectant of laudatory corroboration from the secretary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The secretary's voice was mechanical, without any trace of feeling.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- When Smithson had left the office, Gilder turned to his secretary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But the effort on the secretary's part was wholly without success.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- As they moved toward the Secretary's office, Porter was accosted by his trainer.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He told me he had never had a secretary so useful as I was, and that he wished I'd never met you!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- The First Secretary observed this play of physiognomy steadily.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He called for his secretary, Mr. Campbell, to write the despatches.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- I've had my secretary cut 'em out—and the Fenton stuff, too.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
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