executive secretary

noun

: a secretary having administrative duties
especially : an official responsible for administering the activities and business affairs of an organization

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Meanwhile, Mary, as executive secretary of Florin’s JACL, was often falsely accused of providing her own family with perks that others did not receive. Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 French Hill Hill — the current vice chair on the panel and chair of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion — is a former banker, Senate Banking Committee staffer and former executive secretary to the President's Economic Policy Council in 1991. Juliegrace Brufke, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024 An executive secretary for 35 years in the music department of Walt Disney Studios, Florence Renoudet was a featured soprano vocalist on the Disneyland Records 1973 album The Sounds of Christmas, which also included vocal work by her husband. Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024 Judge Sadler was the Howard County Council’s executive secretary from 1979 to 1980, when he was appointed to the Howard County District Court by Gov. Harry R. Hughes. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for executive secretary 

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of executive secretary was in 1915

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“Executive secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20secretary. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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