SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secretarial assistant mean? 

• SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT (noun)
  The noun SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT has 1 sense:

1. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

  Familiarity information: SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT (noun)

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Meaning:

An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

secretarial assistant; secretary

Hypernyms ("secretarial assistant" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretarial assistant"):

executive secretary (a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities)

receptionist (a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors)

social secretary (a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments)

amanuensis; shorthand typist; stenographer (someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation))