sub·sec·re·tary
| \ ˌsəb-ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē
, -ˈse-kə-ˌter-, in rapid speech also -ˈsek-ˌter-, especially British -ˈse-k(r)ə-trē\
variants:
or sub-secretary
plural subsecretaries
or sub-secretaries
: a secretary who is subordinate to a another secretary
subsecretary of war