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sec'tary

sec'tary noun: secretary.

Noun

sec'tary (plural sec'taries)

  1. (contraction) secretary
    • 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
    • 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 7

Forms of sec'tary

pluralsec'taries

Questions about sec'tary

What does sec'tary mean?
Sec'tary means secretary.
What part of speech is sec'tary?
Sec'tary is a noun.
What is the plural of sec'tary?
The plural of sec'tary is sec'taries.

Words near sec'tary in the dictionary

  1. sebundy
  2. sec
  3. sec'
  4. sec'ies
  5. sec'taries
  6. sec'tary
  7. sec'tarys
  8. sec'y
  9. sec-
  10. sec.
  11. SECA

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