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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Head of a former executive department; combined with the War Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
Synonyms:
Navy Secretary; Secretary of the Navy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Secretary of the Navy" is a kind of...):
secretaryship (the position of secretary)