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executive secretary

noun

Definition of executive secretary

: a secretary having administrative duties especially : an official responsible for administering the activities and business affairs of an organization

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Bolsonaro's promises, action and general pro-business stance may have emboldened ranchers, farmers and loggers to seize control of a growing area of Amazon land, Carlos Rittl, executive secretary of Observatorio do Clima told CNN en Español. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "Here's what we know about the fires in the Amazon rainforest," 23 Aug. 2019 In 1987, Mollie Ewig retired from her 30-year career as an executive secretary and left Brooklyn with her husband to retire in South Florida. — Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, "A ‘prisoner in my own home’: She’s 96 and stranded by her broken elevator," 31 July 2019

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First Known Use of executive secretary

1915, in the meaning defined above

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