SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Secretary of the Interior mean? 

• SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (noun)
  The noun SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR has 2 senses:

1. the position of the head of the Department of the Interior

2. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of the head of the Department of the Interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior

Context example:

the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849

Hypernyms ("Secretary of the Interior" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Secretary of the Interior" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior

Context example:

President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior

Hypernyms ("Secretary of the Interior" is a kind of...):

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