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secretaire

secretaire noun: a kind of writing desk (a secretary).

Noun

secretaire (plural secretaires)

  1. A kind of writing desk (a secretary).
    • The table was covered with a confusion of papers, books, pamphlets, all heaped upon one another pell-mell; and an open secretaire against the wall, was chokeful of the same litter; manuscripts, books in yellow-paper covers, books in smart bindings, books in shabby bindings, stuffed in anyhow, one...[1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘The Breaker has come up before Them’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, page 289

Forms of secretaire

pluralsecretaires

Origin of secretaire

From French secrétaire.

Questions about secretaire

What does secretaire mean?
Secretaire means a kind of writing desk (a secretary).
What part of speech is secretaire?
Secretaire is a noun.
What is the plural of secretaire?
The plural of secretaire is secretaires.

Words near secretaire in the dictionary

  1. secretable
  2. secretage
  3. secretagogin
  4. secretagogue
  5. secretagogues
  6. secretaire
  7. secretaires
  8. Secretan's syndrome
  9. secretaress
  10. secretaresses
  11. secretarial

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