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secretaires

secretaires is the plural of secretaire.

Meaning of secretaire

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

Questions about secretaires

What is secretaires the plural of?
Secretaires is the plural of secretaire.

Words near secretaires in the dictionary

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

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