[count] 1 : a person whose job is to handle records, letters, etc., for another person in an office
▪ You can set up an appointment with my secretary. ▪ He works as a legal secretary. ▪ She is our executive/administrative secretary. [=a secretary with some management duties] — see also press secretary 2 : a person in a club or other organization who is in charge of keeping letters and records
▪ He was the club's secretary. 3 a US : an official who is selected by the President and is in charge of a particular department of the government
▪ the Secretary of Commerce ▪ the Treasury Secretary
b Brit : a government official who helps a minister, an ambassador, etc.
▪ He is a junior secretary at the embassy.
c Brit : secretary of state 2 — see also foreign secretary