Word Meanings - UNDERSECRETARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

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• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• SECRETARY
  secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• SUBORDINATE
  1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward. 2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was
• TREASURY STOCK
  Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• CHIEF HARE
  A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
• CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
  The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
• CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• CHIEFRIE
  A small rent paid to the lord paramount. Swift.
• ASSISTANT
  Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow. (more info) 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and
• CHIEFTAIN
  A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan. Syn. -- Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief. (more info) capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Captain, and see
• SECRETARYSHIP
  The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
• TREASURY
  1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement
• CHIEF BARON
  The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.
• CHIEF
  The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. In chief. At the head; as, a commander in chief. From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king.
• CHIEFLY
  1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where
• INSUBORDINATE
  Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• NECKERCHIEF
  A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
• MISCHIEFFUL
  Mischievous. Foote.
• MISCHIEFABLE
  Mischievous. Lydgate.
• SUBTREASURY
  A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.
• COVERCHIEF
  A covering for the head. Chaucer.
• KERCHIEFED; KERCHIEFT
  Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. Milton.
• MISCHIEF-MAKING
  Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. -- n.