Undersecretary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Undersecretary \Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry\, n.
     A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an
     assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  undersecretary
       n : a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a
           department of government

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "undersecretary":
     alderman, archon, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster,
     cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, city councilman,
     city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councillor,
     councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor,
     elder, headman, induna, legislator, lord mayor, magistrate, maire,
     mayor, minister, minister of state, portreeve, reeve, secretary,
     secretary of state, selectman, supervisor, syndic, warden