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SECRETARY OF WAR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Secretary of War mean?

• SECRETARY OF WAR (noun)
The noun SECRETARY OF WAR has 1 sense:

1. head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947

Familiarity information: SECRETARY OF WAR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SECRETARY OF WAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Secretary of War; War Secretary

Hypernyms ("Secretary of War" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

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