"undersecretary" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undersecretary.wav Forms: undersecretaries [plural]
Etymology: From under- + secretary. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|secretary}} under- + secretary Head templates: {{en-noun}} undersecretary (plural undersecretaries)
  1. An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet Categories (topical): Government, People Translations (an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet): 副部長 (Chinese Mandarin), 副部长 (fùbùzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), onderminister [masculine] (Dutch), sous-secrétaire [feminine, masculine] (French), államtitkár (Hungarian), menteri muda (Indonesian), fo-rúnaí [masculine] (Irish), sottosegretario [masculine] (Italian), sottosegretaria [feminine] (Italian), viceministro [masculine] (Italian), 次官 (jikan) (alt: じかん) (Japanese), 차관 (chagwan) (alt: 次官) (Korean), fo-screeudeyr [masculine] (Manx), lhiass-screeudeyr [masculine] (Manx), заммини́стра (zamminístra) [masculine] (Russian), subsecretario [masculine] (Spanish), pangalawang kalihim (english: sense 2) (Tagalog), katuwang na kalihim (english: sense 1) (Tagalog), müsteşar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-undersecretary-en-noun-Rk6egcQX Disambiguation of Government: 50 50 Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'an administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet': 75 25
  2. An assistant or deputy secretary of a government department Categories (topical): Government, People
    Sense id: en-undersecretary-en-noun-wTBQeXcQ Disambiguation of Government: 50 50 Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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