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DEFENSE SECRETARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Defense Secretary mean? 

DEFENSE SECRETARY (noun)
  The noun DEFENSE SECRETARY has 2 senses:

1. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Departmentplay

2. the position of the head of the Department of Defenseplay

  Familiarity information: DEFENSE SECRETARY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFENSE SECRETARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Defense Secretary; Secretary of Defense

Context example:

the first Defense Secretary was James V. Forrestal who was appointed by Truman

Hypernyms ("Defense Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The position of the head of the Department of Defense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Defense Secretary; Secretary of Defense

Context example:

the position of Defense Secretary was created in 1947

Hypernyms ("Defense Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Defense Secretary" is a member of...):

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)


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