under-secretaryn.

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, secretary n.¹

Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + secretary n.¹ Compare earlier subsecretary n. at sub- prefix 2b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunder-ˌsecretary.

(under- prefix¹ 3a(a).) Used esp. as the specific title of a secretary immediately subordinate to, or ranking below, a principal secretary of state. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (of State), a member in a department of State, ranking below a minister: see parliamentary adj. 1; Permanent Under-Secretary: see permanent under-secretary n. at permanent adj. and n. Compounds; also used for various other ranks in the administrative civil service, esp. as a title next below Deputy Secretary.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > under-secretary

under-secretary1677

parliamentary under-secretary1858

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British

permanent secretary1785

abstracter1857

abstractor1859

permanent under-secretary1859

principal1867

second division1897

abstractor clerk1901

permsec1908

secretary1932

Perm.S.1942

under-secretary1959

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhh/3 Under-Secretary, Un Sous-Secretaire.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 372 Said, Mr. Poultney goes undersecretary to Ireland.

1764 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 376 I have known a great many under~secretaries.

1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 176/2 Each [secretary] is assisted by two under-secretaries of state.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xiii. 331 Consulted through the under secretaries, Franklin imparted all the information he could give.

1904 Rep. War Office Committee in Parl. Papers 9 (Cd. 1932) VIII. 101 The Council should consist of seven members—four military and three civil—with the Permanent Under-Secretary as Secretary.

1917 G. Bell Let. 20 July (1927) II. xvi. 420 I wish you would go and see Sir A. Hirtzel, the Permanent Under-Secretary.

1959 C. Dixon Civil Service v. 47 The Administrative Class is the top Class of the Civil Service. Direct entrants come in as Assistant Principals and then proceed by promotion to Principal; the next grades are Assistant Secretary and Under-Secretary (or Assistant Under-Secretary in some departments).

1980 Kellner & Crowther-Hunt Civil Servants vii. 167 By the time a civil servant is ripe to join the highest ranks of the Service—Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Permanent Secretary—he needs to have acquired certain qualities.

1980 Kellner & Crowther-Hunt Civil Servants vii. 170 Where Assistant Secretaries handle the details of specific issues, Under Secretaries supervise wide areas of policy.

Derivatives

ˈunder-ˌsecretaryship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > under-secretary > office of

under-secretaryship1688

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Eeee/3 Under-Secretaryship, Qualité de Sou-Secretaire.

1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn lxiii He might..mayhap have held some Lordship of This or Under-Secretaryship of That.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	under-secretary
释义	under-secretaryn. Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, secretary n.¹ Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + secretary n.¹ Compare earlier subsecretary n. at sub- prefix 2b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunder-ˌsecretary. (under- prefix¹ 3a(a).) Used esp. as the specific title of a secretary immediately subordinate to, or ranking below, a principal secretary of state. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (of State), a member in a department of State, ranking below a minister: see parliamentary adj. 1; Permanent Under-Secretary: see permanent under-secretary n. at permanent adj. and n. Compounds; also used for various other ranks in the administrative civil service, esp. as a title next below Deputy Secretary. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > under-secretary under-secretary1677 parliamentary under-secretary1858 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British permanent secretary1785 abstracter1857 abstractor1859 permanent under-secretary1859 principal1867 second division1897 abstractor clerk1901 permsec1908 secretary1932 Perm.S.1942 under-secretary1959 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhh/3 Under-Secretary, Un Sous-Secretaire. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 372 Said, Mr. Poultney goes undersecretary to Ireland. 1764 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 376 I have known a great many under~secretaries. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 176/2 Each [secretary] is assisted by two under-secretaries of state. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xiii. 331 Consulted through the under secretaries, Franklin imparted all the information he could give. 1904 Rep. War Office Committee in Parl. Papers 9 (Cd. 1932) VIII. 101 The Council should consist of seven members—four military and three civil—with the Permanent Under-Secretary as Secretary. 1917 G. Bell Let. 20 July (1927) II. xvi. 420 I wish you would go and see Sir A. Hirtzel, the Permanent Under-Secretary. 1959 C. Dixon Civil Service v. 47 The Administrative Class is the top Class of the Civil Service. Direct entrants come in as Assistant Principals and then proceed by promotion to Principal; the next grades are Assistant Secretary and Under-Secretary (or Assistant Under-Secretary in some departments). 1980 Kellner & Crowther-Hunt Civil Servants vii. 167 By the time a civil servant is ripe to join the highest ranks of the Service—Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Permanent Secretary—he needs to have acquired certain qualities. 1980 Kellner & Crowther-Hunt Civil Servants vii. 170 Where Assistant Secretaries handle the details of specific issues, Under Secretaries supervise wide areas of policy. Derivatives ˈunder-ˌsecretaryship n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > under-secretary > office of under-secretaryship1688 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Eeee/3 Under-Secretaryship, Qualité de Sou-Secretaire. 1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn lxiii He might..mayhap have held some Lordship of This or Under-Secretaryship of That. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1677
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