under secretary

or un·der·sec·re·tar·y

[ uhn-der-sek-ri-ter-ee ]
/ ˈʌn dərˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr i /

noun (often initial capital letters)

an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.

Origin of under secretary

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby under secretary

under one's nose, under one's own steam, under one's skin, under pain of, under par, under secretary, under someone's spell, under someone's thumb, under someone's wing, under the aegis of, under the circumstances

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British Dictionary definitions for undersecretary

undersecretary
/ (ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ) /

noun plural -taries

(in Britain)
  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
(in the US) a high government official subordinate only to the secretary in charge of a department

Derived forms of undersecretary

undersecretaryship, noun