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Undersecretary

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Noun

1. undersecretary

a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Undersecretary

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noun plural -taries

1. (in Britain)

a.

any of various senior civil servants in certain government departments

b.

short for undersecretary of state: any of various high officials subordinate only to the minister in charge of a department

2.

(in the US) a high government official subordinate only to the secretary in charge of a department

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Undersecretary

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nounWord forms: plural ˌunderˈsecreˌtaries

an assistant secretary

in U.S. government, under secretary

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Undersecretary

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n. pl. un·der·sec·re·tar·ies

An official directly subordinate to a member of a cabinet.

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