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When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.'
Heber J. Grant

Meaning of "private secretary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIVATE SECRETARY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIVATE SECRETARY

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Private secretary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIVATE SECRETARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Private Secretary

In the United Kingdom government, a Private Secretary is a civil servant in a Department or Ministry, responsible to the Secretary of State or Minister. The senior civil servant in charge of administering the department is usually entitled the Permanent Secretary, and may also have a Private Secretary. A Private Secretary is normally of middle management level; however, as the key official responsible for disseminating the decision of Ministers and indeed as their gatekeeper, his or her role is of considerably greater significance than this grade or level suggests. Depending on what level of politician the official works for they will be assisted by one or more Assistants - and or Deputy Secretaries, or even head a whole office in which those may be section chiefs. For example, a Junior Minister may have a two person Private Office consisting of a Private Secretary and an Assistant Private Secretary. Whereas a Cabinet Secretary may have a 5 person Private Office consisting of a Private Secretary, two Deputy Private Secretaries and two Assistant Private Secretaries. The same applies to the Prime Minister’s Private Office but on a much larger scale.

Definition of private secretary in the English dictionary

The definition of private secretary in the dictionary is a secretary entrusted with the personal and confidential matters of a business executive.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIVATE SECRETARY

private limited company
private means
private member
private member´s bill
private ownership
private parts
private patient
private pay bed
private practice
private press
private property
private prosecution
private school
private sector
private soldier
private study
private treaty
private tuition
private view
private viewdata

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIVATE SECRETARY

assistant secretary
budgetary
cometary
company secretary
Deputy Secretary
dietary
elementary
executive secretary
foreign secretary
General Secretary
Home Secretary
interplanetary
monetary
nonproprietary
planetary
press secretary
proprietary
secretary
shadow Foreign Secretary
Treasury Secretary
undersecretary

Synonyms and antonyms of private secretary in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «private secretary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIVATE SECRETARY

Find out the translation of private secretary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of private secretary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «private secretary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

私人秘书
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secretario privado
570 millions of speakers

English

private secretary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निजी सचिव
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السكرتير الخاص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

личный секретарь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secretário particular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেসরকারী সচিব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secrétaire privé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setiausaha persendirian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Privatsekretär
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

個人秘書
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개인 비서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekretaris pribadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thư ký riêng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனியார் செயலாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाजगी सचिव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özel sekreter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capogabinetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prywatna sekretarka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

особистий секретар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secretar particular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιαίτερος γραμματέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

private sekretaris
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

privatsekreterare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

privatsekretær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of private secretary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE SECRETARY»

The term «private secretary» is regularly used and occupies the 91.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE SECRETARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about private secretary

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QUOTES WITH «PRIVATE SECRETARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word private secretary.
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Heber J. Grant
When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIVATE SECRETARY»

Discover the use of private secretary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to private secretary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shadows of a Princess: An Intimate Account by Her Private ...
The former personal secretary to Princess Diana chronicles his eight years of service to her in an insider's account that examines Diana's life during her years of greatest fame and deepest personal crisis.
P. D. Jephson, 2001
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The Private Secretary
French woman writer Sand's (1804-76) third novel, published in 1834, was lighter than her first two, says Schwartz (modern and classical languages, State U. of New York-Buffalo), and had a strong connection to the events in her life at the ...
George Sand, Paul J. Schwartz, 2004
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Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary
Offering an insider's perspective on the final days of the Third Reich, the recollections of a woman who became Hitler's secretary in 1942 sheds new light on his day-to-day life, character, and habits.
Gertraud Junge, Melissa Müller, 2003
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Working with Napoleon: Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by His ...
Napoleon always sells very well. A classic of the genre. Long out of print with a complete index of names.
Baron Claude-François de Méneval, 2013
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Miss Maitland Private Secretary
Chapman Price was leaving Grasslands.
Geraldine Geraldine Bonner, 2013
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How to Become a Private Secretary...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert F Rose, 2012
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Long Sunset: Memoirs of Winston Churchill's Last Private ...
But it is the figure of Winston Churchill which dominates these memoirs (to which his daughter Mary Soames contributes a Foreword) and as the final member of what he called 'my circle' to have written an autobiography, Anthony Montague ...
Anthony Montague Browne, 1995
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America's First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of ...
Relatives Who Worked Officially and Unofficially in the White House Bartholemew Dandridge, nephew of Martha Washington, secretary-accountant ' George Washington William Shaw, nephew of Abigail Adams, private secretary to John ...
Carl Sferrazza Anthony, 2000
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The British Diplomatic Service, 1815-1914: 1815-1914
When, in 1870, the agency system was abolished, the whole field was left in the possession of the private secretary. The private secretary to the secretary of state had not necessarily been a Foreign Office appointment in the early part of the ...
Raymond Jones, 1983
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The Home Office, 1848-1914, from Clerks to Bureaucrats
Nearly forty years later an ex-under-secretary of the Home Office echoed this view.40 The office of private secretary There is one particular function of first division clerks which has not been described: the work of the private secretary. This is ...
Jill Pellew, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIVATE SECRETARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term private secretary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Grabtalk: Competition for Beijing's Best Online Secretary Service …
With yet another private secretary for foreigners sprouting up, we wanted to find out whether services, which are sometimes even offered for ... «The Beijinger, Jul 15»
2
Lord Sewel resigns after being filmed taking cocaine with call girls
Cyril Smith, the former Liberal MP, and Sir Peter Morrison, Margaret Thatcher's private secretary, have been implicated. Jennifer Sewel, 54, the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Man Nabbed for Posing as CM's Pvt Secy
A case registered after receiving the complaint from the private secretary to Chief Minister P S Sreekumar, said a Hitech cell official. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
Story Behind Tamale Mirundi's Sacking
... Maj Edith Nakalema (President's private secretary); Brig Proscovia Nalweyiso (advisor on security matters) and Lucy Nakyobe (State House ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Natick museum acquires message to Adolf Hitler
The document Rendell purchased belonged to Hitler's private secretary, Martin Bormann. The auction house said an account by Hitler deputy ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Mirundi - How 'Barking Dog' Lost His Bite
... president's aide Brig Proscovia Nalweyiso, NRM secretary general Justine Lumumba, a State House private secretary Maj Edith Nakalema, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Armed Forces ready to take over full border surveillance
... the donning of rank Territorial Army honorary colonel to Datuk Elmi Yusoff, who is the senior private secretary to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
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Table turned on DSO
This was even after a legal notice was issued to him following a public meeting, said the private secretary to the former MLA. Piling more ... «The Sangai Express, Jul 15»
9
Keo Audrey Glidewell Burcham
After graduation she went to work as a private secretary with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph (Ma Bell). In 1933 she took the train, by herself, ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
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Tebbit quizzed MP on sex claims
MARGARET THATCHER'S party chairman confronted Sir Peter Morrison — her parliamentary private secretary — about rumours that he had ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»

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