[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