"Secretary of State" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Secretaries of State [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Secretaries of State|head=Secretary of State}} Secretary of State (plural Secretaries of State)
  1. Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation. Categories (topical): Government Translations (any of several senior government positions): պետքարտուղար (petkʻartuġar) (Armenian), 國務卿 (Chinese Mandarin), 国务卿 (guówùqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), minister van Buitenlandse Zaken [masculine] (Dutch), valtiosihteeri (Finnish), ulkoministeri (US Secr. of St.) (Finnish), secrétaire d’État [feminine, masculine] (French), სახელმწიფო მდივანი (saxelmc̣ipo mdivani) (Georgian), საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი (sagareo sakmeta minisṭri) (Georgian), Staatssekretär [masculine] (German), Staatssekretärin [feminine] (German), segretario di Stato [masculine] (Italian), segretaria di Stato [feminine] (Italian), 国務長官 (kokumuchōkan) (alt: こくむちょうかん) (Japanese), រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ (roattʰa’leekʰaatʰi’kaa) (Khmer), utenriksminister (note: in US) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utanriksminister (note: in US) [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), госуда́рственный секрета́рь (gosudárstvennyj sekretárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), госсекрета́рь (gossekretárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), мини́стр иностра́нных дел (minístr inostránnyx del) (english: equivalent) [masculine] (Russian), Secretario de Estado [US, masculine] (Spanish), Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores (english: other countries) [masculine] (Spanish), utrikesminister [common-gender] (Swedish), ngoại trưởng (Vietnamese), bộ trưởng ngoại giao (Vietnamese), quốc vụ khanh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Secretary_of_State-en-noun-6ot3mIRf Disambiguation of Government: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'any of several senior government positions': 91 9
  2. The chief clerk of a U.S. state. Categories (topical): People, Titles Related terms: foreign minister, secretary of the commonwealth Translations (chief clerk of a U.S. state): bang vụ khanh (Vietnamese), tổng thư ký tiểu bang (Vietnamese), tổng thư ký bang [Vietnam] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Secretary_of_State-en-noun-oRvr1ZmP Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Disambiguation of Titles: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'chief clerk of a U.S. state': 2 98

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