Assistantadjective
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
‘an assistant surgeon’;
Secretarynoun
(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
Assistantadjective
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Secretarynoun
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
Assistantnoun
(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
Secretarynoun
The head of a department of government.
Assistantnoun
A person who assists or helps someone else.
Secretarynoun
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
‘Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.’;
Assistantnoun
(British) Sales assistant.
Secretarynoun
(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
Assistantnoun
A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
Secretarynoun
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Assistantadjective
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
‘Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.’;
Secretaryverb
(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.
Assistantadjective
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
Secretarynoun
One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
Assistantnoun
One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
‘Four assistants who his labor share.’; ‘Rhymes merely as assistants to memory.’;
Secretarynoun
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.’;
Assistantnoun
An attendant; one who is present.
Secretarynoun
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.
Assistantnoun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
‘my invaluable assistant’; ‘they hired additional help to finish the work’;
Secretarynoun
A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
Assistantadjective
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
Secretarynoun
The secretary bird.
Secretarynoun
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
Secretarynoun
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Secretarynoun
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
Secretarynoun
a desk used for writing
Secretarynoun
a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks
‘she was secretary to David Wilby MP’;
Secretarynoun
an official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records
‘she was secretary of the Women's Labour League’;
Secretarynoun
the principal assistant of a UK government minister or ambassador
‘Chief Secretary to the Treasury’;
Secretarynoun
an official in charge of a US government department.
Secretary
A secretary, administrative professional, or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills. However this role should not be confused with the role of an executive secretary, who differs from a personal assistant.
