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press secretary
noun
: a person officially in charge of press relations for a usually prominent public figure
Examples of press secretary in a Sentence
the White House press secretary
Recent Examples on the Web
Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed the economists’ assessments in a statement to CNN.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Olivia Troye, who served as an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, Stephanie Grisham — one of Trump's press secretaries and a top aide to Melania Trump — and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois were among the Republicans who spoke out against the GOP presidential nominee.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2024
Take Sean Spicer, who followed up his brief and ignominious run as Trump’s press secretary by immediately donning a ruffled neon shirt and dancing the flamenco (poorly) on DWTS’s 28th season.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Politics again created bad feelings among fans and ABC employees when Sean Spicer, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, competed on the show during Season 28 in 2019, Us Weekly reported.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1945, in the meaning defined above
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“Press secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20secretary. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
press secretary
noun
: a person in charge of relations with the press for a public figure
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