secretary
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
- 2.
(capitalized, often)(often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
- 3.
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.
As the Soviet Union collapsed, the party secretaries in the Central Asian republics found themselves leaders of newly-established sovereign countries.
- 4.
(US)A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
- 5.
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
- 6.
(obsolete)(original sense, now obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
- 7.
(obsolete)Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To serve as a secretary of.
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ine-pro From - secrētārius (one entrusted with secrets), from Latin secrētus (private, secret), past participle of secernere (to separate, set apart), from se- (apart) + cernere (to separate).