Under Secretary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun (often initial capital letters)
  1. an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
noun plural -taries
  1. (in Britain)
    • any of various senior civil servants in certain government departments
    • 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
Under Secretary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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