secy.n.
Chiefly U.S.
A written abbreviation of secretary n.1
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1801 J. Taylor Let. 10 June in Papers of John Steele (1924) I. 218 The present Secy. altho' a full blooded Yankee,..knows the importance of this place.
c1895 E. Lovekin in J. Burnett Useful Toil (1974) iii. 291 I..was Selected Secy to a local Club.
1926 Who's Who in Amer. Jewry 447/1 Member: Amer. Soc. Mechanical Engnrs. (former secy. New Orleans section).
1943 S. Lewis G. Planish xiv. 130 I even took the virtuous Bunny Nimrock, the secy, out to lunch.
1989 Aerospace Amer. July 13/2 Defense Secy. Richard Cheney's revised Pentagon budget.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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