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Chief Secretary   /tʃif sˈɛkrətˌɛri/   Listen
Chief Secretary

noun
1.
A member of the British Cabinet.





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"Chief Secretary" Quotes from Famous Books



... gravity and wisdom, the Lord Ellesmere, then Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord Chancellor of England, taking notice of his learning, languages, and other abilities, and much affecting his person and behaviour, took him to be his chief secretary; supposing and intending it to be an introduction to some more weighty employment in the State; for which, his Lordship did often protest, he thought him ...
— Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions - Together with Death's Duel • John Donne
... inattentive House. TIM HEALY, not to lose an opportunity that might be final, joined in debate. Audience being chiefly composed of JACKSON, TIM took opportunity of genially observing, a propos of the Bill, that if he had to spend his time on a desert island with either a Chief Secretary or an Irish peasant, he would prefer the peasant. "I'm glad of that," said JACKSON; "it would be lonely for the one that was left. Within a week the population would certainly be reduced by one-half. Whether the survivor ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892 • Various


Words linked to "Chief Secretary" :   British Cabinet, cabinet minister


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