SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the position of the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Usage Example(s)
    • the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs was created in 1989
    Hypernyms(s) Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Usage Example(s)
    • Bush appointed Edward J. Derwinski as the first Secretary of Veterans Affairs
    Hypernyms(s) Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower