undersecretary

British  

/ ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ /

noun

1. 1. any of various senior civil servants in certain government departments

   2. 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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Other Word Forms

• undersecretaryship noun

Example Sentences

She is married to David McCormick, a Republican who won a key Pennsylvania Senate race in 2024 and had been undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs during the George W. Bush administration.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They’re not going to do to it without help from the Department of Labor and a rule that can last,” the undersecretary said.

From Barron's

One of the people is Thierry Breton, a French citizen who served as the EU’s internal market commissioner until last year, said Sarah Rogers, the undersecretary for public diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We have simply been inconsistent in our investment activities in hypersonics,” said Mark Lewis, former acting deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and now the chief executive of the Purdue Applied Research Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

John Hurley, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, stopped in the U.A.E. and Turkey before visiting Lebanon earlier this month to discuss combating Iranian money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

From The Wall Street Journal