SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Secretary of Education mean? 

• SECRETARY OF EDUCATION (noun)
  The noun SECRETARY OF EDUCATION has 2 senses:

1. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education

2. the position of the head of the Education Department

  Familiarity information: SECRETARY OF EDUCATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETARY OF EDUCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Education Secretary; Secretary of Education

Context example:

Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education

Hypernyms ("Secretary of Education" 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 Education Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Education Secretary; Secretary of Education

Context example:

the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979

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

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Secretary of Education" 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)