Meanings
plural sec'taries
- contractionsecretary
Tha's number one sec'tary. Executive sec'tary. Sec'tary of interior, treasury, sec'tary of war.
1991, J.S Borthwick, The Student Body: The Winter Carnival At This Maine College Had It All, page 72 more examples
I'm only Lizzie Kelly, member, while some o' yez are treasurers, an' sec'tarys, an' grand Lord Elephants...
1900, Margaret Blake Robinson, Souls in Pawn: A Story of New York Life, page 66“The sec'tary,” she whispered. And then, with a hug and a look which admonished and encouraged all at once, she slipped away, her white nightdress trailing behind her in a long comma.
2010, Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness, page 278
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