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secretary of state   (TTS Sound)

The noun secretary of state has 3 senses

• Secretary of State -- (the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State; "the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson")


• foreign minister, secretary of state -- (a government minister for foreign relations)


• Secretary of State -- (the position of the head of the State Department; "the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789")