sec'tary

See also: sectary

English

Noun

sec'tary (plural sec'taries)

1. (contraction) secretary
   • 1900, Margaret Blake Robinson, Souls in Pawn: A Story of New York Life, p. 66:

     I'm only Lizzie Kelly, member, while some o' yez are treasurers, an' sec'tarys, an' grand Lord Elephants...

   • 1991, J.S Borthwick, The Student Body: The Winter Carnival At This Maine College Had It All, p. 7:

     Tha's number one sec'tary. Executive sec'tary. Sec'tary of interior, treasury, sec'tary of war.

   • 2010, Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness, p. 278:

     “The sec'tary,” she whispered. And then, with a hug and a look which admonished and encouraged all at once, she slipped away, her white nightdress trailing behind her in a long comma.

Related terms

• sec'y

Anagrams

• Treacys