1. a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, keep records, make appointments, and carry out similar tasks.
▪ an official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records.
▪ an official in charge of a government department: "Secretary of the Treasury"
▪ a writing desk with shelves on top of it.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus (see secret).
