SECRETARYSHIP

• SECRETARYSHIP (noun)
  The noun SECRETARYSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the position of secretary

  Familiarity information: SECRETARYSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

• SECRETARYSHIP (noun)

Meaning:

The position of secretary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("secretaryship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretaryship"):

Attorney General; Attorney General of the United States (the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States)

Secretary of Commerce and Labor (head of a former executive department created in 1903 and divided into two departments in 1913)

Navy Secretary; Secretary of the Navy (head of a former executive department; combined with the War Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947)

Secretary of War; War Secretary (head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs (the position of the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs)

Secretary of Transportation; Transportation Secretary (the position of the head of the Department of Transportation)

Secretary of the Treasury; Treasury Secretary (the position of the head of the Treasury Department)

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior (the position of the head of the Department of the Interior)

Secretary of State (the position of the head of the State Department)

Labor Secretary; Secretary of Labor (the position of the head of the Department of Labor)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development)

Secretary of Health and Human Services (the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services)

Energy Secretary; Secretary of Energy (the position of the head of the Department of Energy)

Education Secretary; Secretary of Education (the position of the head of the Education Department)

Defense Secretary; Secretary of Defense (the position of the head of the Department of Defense)

Commerce Secretary; Secretary of Commerce (the position of the head of the Department of Commerce)

Agriculture Secretary; Secretary of Agriculture (the position of the head of the Department of Agriculture)

Secretary of Health Education and Welfare (head of a former executive department created in 1953 and divided into two departments in 1979)