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private secretary

noun
  1. a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.
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Origin of private secretary

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

Historical Examples

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