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secretaress

secretaress is the alternative spelling of secretaryess.

Meaning of secretaryess

Noun

secretaryess (plural secretaryesses)

  1. a female secretary.
    • “He clearly comes within my province,” said the Secretaryess of Foreign Affairs. “I will attend to his case.” / “No, I will,” cried all the other Secretaryesses, and after that all of the unofficial electors said that they would.1905 December 9, “The Isle of Beautiful Woman”, in The San Francisco Call, volume XCIX, number 9, San Francisco, Calif., page 8, column 4

Forms of secretaress

pluralsecretaresses

Questions about secretaress

What is secretaress the alternative spelling of?
Secretaress is the alternative spelling of secretaryess.

Words near secretaress in the dictionary

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

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