undersecretary

un·der·sec·re·tar·y

U0057200 (ŭn′dər-sĕk′rə-tĕr′ē)n. pl. un·der·sec·re·tar·ies An official directly subordinate to a member of a cabinet.

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un′der·sec′re·tar′i·at (-târ′ē-ĭt) n.

undersecretary

(ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ) n, pl -taries1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain)a. any of various senior civil servants in certain government departmentsb. short for undersecretary of state: any of various high officials subordinate only to the minister in charge of a department2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) a high government official subordinate only to the secretary in charge of a department ˌunderˈsecretaryˌship n

Thesaurus

Noun

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undersecretary - a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of governmentsecretary - a person who is head of an administrative department of government

Translations

sottosegretario