Secretary of state Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State
    • the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson
  2. noun a government minister for foreign relations
    foreign minister.
  3. noun the position of the head of the State Department
    • the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789

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Definitions
  1. . See Secretary, n., 3.

Webster 1913