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Secretary vs. Receptionist

Secretary and Receptionist Definitions

Secretary

A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.

Receptionist

An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone.

Secretary

An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.

Receptionist

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

Secretary

An official who presides over an administrative department of state.

Receptionist

(theology) A proponent of receptionism.
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Secretary

A desk with a small bookcase on top.

Receptionist

A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

Secretary

(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

Secretary

(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.

Secretary

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.

Secretary

The head of a department of government.
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Secretary

A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.

Secretary

(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.

Secretary

A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.

Secretary

(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

Secretary

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

Secretary

A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors.
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Secretary

An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.

Secretary

A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.

Secretary

The secretary bird.

Secretary

A person who is head of an administrative department of government

Secretary

An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

Secretary

A person to whom a secret is entrusted

Secretary

A desk used for writing

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