SECRETARY OF STATE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the position of the head of the State Department
    Usage Example(s)
    • the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789
    Hypernyms(s) Secretary of State is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a government minister for foreign relations
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) secretary of state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State
    Usage Example(s)
    • the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson
    Hypernyms(s) Secretary of State is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower