undersecretary
undersecretary noun: an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet.
Noun
undersecretary (plural undersecretaries)
- An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- An assistant or deputy secretary of a government department
undersecretary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian
undersecretary in Hindi
- undersecretary
- उपसचिव upasciv
undersecretary in Tamil
- நேருதவிச் செயலர்
undersecretary in Tagalog
- an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- pangalawang kalihim, katuwang na kalihim
undersecretary in Indonesian
- an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- menteri muda
Forms of undersecretary
| plural | undersecretaries |
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Origin of undersecretary
From under- + secretary.
Words formed from undersecretary
Questions about undersecretary
- What does undersecretary mean?
- Undersecretary means an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet.
- What is undersecretary in Hindi?
- Undersecretary in Hindi is उपसचिव (upasciv). See Undersecretary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is undersecretary?
- Undersecretary is a noun.
- What is the plural of undersecretary?
- The plural of undersecretary is undersecretaries.
Words near undersecretary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: undersecretary (page history and authors); उपसचिव (Hindi) (page history and authors); undersecretary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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