Undersecretary definition

ŭndər-sĕkrə-tĕrē
undersecretaries
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An official directly subordinate to a member of a cabinet.
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An assistant secretary.
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An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet.
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Singular:
undersecretary
Plural:
undersecretaries

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Undersecretary Sentence Examples

  • He is assisted by a permanent and a parliamentary undersecretary and a considerable clerical staff.

  • Roving searchlights splashed the Undersecretary with brilliant white light.

  • She padded towards her desk, where the Undersecretary of Domestic Security's electronic records were maintained within a secured, portable vault the size of her hand.

  • She snapped the markers indicating her rank—Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Domestic Security Service.

  • Nerves made her movements clumsy while her mind sought some forgotten information about a threat great enough to rouse the Undersecretary and his staff in the middle of the night.

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