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SECRETARY OF STATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of the head of the State Departmentplay

Example:

the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Secretary of State" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Secretary of State" is a member of...):

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A government minister for foreign relationsplay

Synonyms:

foreign minister; secretary of state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("secretary of state" is a kind of...):

government minister; minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Stateplay

Example:

the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Secretary of State" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

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