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noun

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

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Origin of social secretary

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby social secretary

social psychiatry, social psychology, social realism, Social Register, social science, social secretary, social security, Social Security Act, Social Security Administration, Social Security System, social service

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British Dictionary definitions for social secretary

social secretary

noun

a member of an organization who arranges its social events

a personal secretary who deals with private correspondence, etc

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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