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private secretary

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noun

a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.

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Nearby words

private placement, private practice, private press, private property, private school, private secretary, private sector, private treaty, private trust, private view, private viewdata

Origin of private secretary

First recorded in 1765–75
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Examples from the Web for private secretary

  • He was Orion's private secretary, but there was no private-secretary work to do, and no salary attached to the position.

    The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 1, 1853-1866|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

  • He had not changed in the least; he probably never would change from being the private-secretary type of lawyer.

    The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for private secretary

private secretary

noun

a secretary entrusted with the personal and confidential matters of a business executive
a civil servant who acts as aide to a minister or senior government officialCompare parliamentary private secretary
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