单词 | private secretary |
释义 | > as lemmasprivate secretary private secretary n. (a) a secretary employed by a government minister, dealing with official correspondence, etc.; (b) a secretary in the employ of a particular individual, rather than of a society, department, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical > secretarial > specific private secretary1677 social secretary1892 1677 S. Pepys Portugal Hist. 76 Gaspar de Faria, private Secretary, by order of the King, put into his hands oftentimes papers of greatest Concerns. 1773 R. Jephson Let. 2 Mar. in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) I. 530 Our friend Tighe is much engaged in his office of Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, but is getting better health and more strength every day. 1891 W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day (ed. 2) 42 Mr Algernon Greville became, some years afterwards, Private Secretary to the Duke. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement v. 207 I can't bear those private secretary jobs. Yours is one of them, isn't it? 1991 Sanity Jan. 7/1 He became private (i.e. political) secretary to two government ministers in the Home Office. private secretary private secretary: a secretary employed by a minister of state or other high official for the personal correspondence connected with his official position; also applied to a secretary in the employ of a particular person (as distinguished from the secretary to a society, etc.). Also spec. in various civil service and parliamentary sub-ministerial posts: Parliamentary Private Secretary: see parliamentary private secretary n. at parliamentary adj. and n. Compounds; Permanent Secretary: see permanent secretary n. at permanent adj. and n. Compounds; Second (or Third) Secretary: a senior civil servant in the Treasury immediately subordinate to the permanent (or second) secretary. Secretary of Embassy or Legation: an official of an embassy or diplomatic mission ranking next to the ambassador or envoy, and empowered to some extent to supply his place in his absence.extracted from secretaryn.1adj.< as lemmas |
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