social secretary

noun

1. a personal secretary employed to make social appointments and handle personal correspondence.

social secretary

noun

1. a member of an organization who arranges its social events
2. a personal secretary who deals with private correspondence, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of social secretary¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Russell highlights a pivotal moment in 1918 when Roosevelt found her husband’s love letters to her onetime social secretary, Lucy Mercer, and confirmed their affair.

From Washington Post

Upon his return, she unpacked his bag and discovered love letters between him and her social secretary, Lucy Mercer.

From The Daily Beast

In 1997, at 32, Marshall was appointed social secretary, the youngest on record.

From The Daily Beast

Case in point: longtime Obama family friend Desiree Rogers was appointed White House social secretary by President Obama in 2008.

From The Daily Beast

A potential ally in that pursuit: Jeremy Bernard, who was recently appointed White House social secretary, and who is openly gay.

From The Daily Beast

Embattled White House social secretary Desiree Rogers finally stepped down yesterday.

From The Daily Beast

But this city isn't large enough to justify any one's keeping a social secretary.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a social secretary, and all our mothers hire her to get up dances and to look after parties like ours today.

From Project Gutenberg

Her visiting list was so small that she did not keep a social secretary, but, it was said, wrote her invitations herself.

From Project Gutenberg

Her social secretary, a pretty girl, came and left with instructions to cancel invitations for the evening.

From Project Gutenberg

The more he thought about this interview with the social secretary the more it disturbed him.

From Project Gutenberg