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secretaryship

secretaryship noun: a person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.

Noun

secretaryship (countable and uncountable, plural secretaryships)

  1. A person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.
    • His secretaryship was marred by accusations of corruption, but the next secretary of state was called incompetent.
  2. The office or position of being secretary.

Forms of secretaryship

pluralsecretaryships

Origin of secretaryship

From secretary + -ship.

Questions about secretaryship

What does secretaryship mean?
Secretaryship means a person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.
What part of speech is secretaryship?
Secretaryship is a noun.
What is the plural of secretaryship?
The plural of secretaryship is secretaryships.

Words near secretaryship in the dictionary

  1. secretaryess
  2. secretaryesses
  3. secretarying
  4. secretaryless
  5. secretarylike
  6. secretaryship
  7. secretaryships
  8. secretase
  9. secretases
  10. secrete
  11. secreted

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