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SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of the head of the Department of Transportationplay

Example:

the post of Transportation Secretary was created in 1966

Synonyms:

Secretary of Transportation; Transportation Secretary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Secretary of Transportation" 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:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Transportationplay

Example:

Johnson appointed Alan S. Boyd as the first Transportation Secretary

Synonyms:

Secretary of Transportation; Transportation Secretary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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