private secretary


noun

a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.

Origin of private secretary

First recorded in 1765–75

Example sentences from the Web for private secretary

  • He was Orion's private secretary, but there was no private-secretary work to do, and no salary attached to the position.

    The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 1, 1853-1866 |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • He had not changed in the least; he probably never would change from being the private-secretary type of lawyer.

    The Clarion |Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for private secretary

private secretary

noun

a secretary entrusted with the personal and confidential matters of a business executive
a civil servant who acts as aide to a minister or senior government official Compare parliamentary private secretary