secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire
(noun) a desk used for writing
repository, secretary
(noun) a person to whom a secret is entrusted
secretary, secretarial assistant
(noun) an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretary
(noun) a person who is head of an administrative department of government
Source: WordNet® 3.1
secretary (plural secretaries)
(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
(often, capitalized) The head of a department of government.
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
secretary (third-person singular simple present secretaries, present participle secretarying, simple past and past participle secretaried)
(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.
Named by Lord Baltimore after his secretary.
Secretary
A town in Maryland.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"re*ta*ry, n.; pl. Secretaries. Etym: [F. secrétaire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See Secret, a. & n.]
1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [R.]
2. 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. That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors. Bacon.
3. 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.
4. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The secretary bird. Secretary Bird. Etym: [So called in allusion to the tufts of feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zoöl.) A large long-legged raptorial bird (Gypogeranus serpentarius), native of South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and some other tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest of long feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of various kinds, and is much prized on account of its habit of killing and devouring snakes of all kinds. Called also serpent eater.
Syn.
– See the Note under Clerk, n., 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 September 2024
(noun) a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
