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SECRETARY OF STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The position of the head of the State Department
Example:
the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Secretary of State" is a kind of...):
secretaryship (the position of secretary)
Holonyms ("Secretary of State" is a member of...):
United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A government minister for foreign relations
Synonyms:
foreign minister; secretary of state
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("secretary of state" is a kind of...):
government minister; minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State
Example:
the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Secretary of State" is a kind of...):
secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)
