secretary of state

Noun
  1. The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State (synset 110592150)
    "the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson"
    is a type of: secretary - a person who is head of an administrative department of government
  2. A government minister for foreign relations (synset 110123563)
    is a type of: government minister, minister - a person appointed to a high office in the government
    same as: foreign minister
  3. The position of the head of the State Department (synset 100603141)
    "the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789"
    is a type of: secretaryship - the position of secretary
    belongs to: united states cabinet, us cabinet - a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

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