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Secretary of State en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
2. The chief clerk of a U.S. state.
   • When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms. 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

secretary of the commonwealth · foreign minister

Translations (33)

vi bang vụ khanh (chief clerk of a U.S. state) · de Staatssekretärin (any of several senior government positions) · hu külügyminiszter (any of several senior government positions) · cmn 州務卿 /州务卿 (chief clerk of a U.S. state) · it segretaria di Stato (any of several senior government positions) · hu miniszter (any of several senior government positions) · de Staatssekretär (any of several senior government positions) · ru госсекрета́рь (any of several senior government positions) · vi tổng thư ký tiểu bang (chief clerk of a U.S. state) · km រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ (any of several senior government positions) · vi quốc vụ khanh (any of several senior government positions) · nn utanriksminister (any of several senior government positions) · ru мини́стр иностра́нных дел (any of several senior government positions) · ja 国務長官 (any of several senior government positions) · nl minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (any of several senior government positions) · fr secrétaire d'État (any of several senior government positions) · vi ngoại trưởng (any of several senior government positions) · fi valtiosihteeri (any of several senior government positions) · hu államtitkár (any of several senior government positions) · ka საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი (any of several senior government positions) · es Secretario de Estado (any of several senior government positions) · ru госуда́рственный секрета́рь (any of several senior government positions) · hy պետքարտուղար (any of several senior government positions) · it segretario di Stato (any of several senior government positions) · sv utrikesminister (any of several senior government positions) · cmn 國務卿 /国务卿 (any of several senior government positions) · es Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores (any of several senior government positions) · cmn 國務大臣 /国务大臣 (any of several senior government positions) · fi ulkoministeri (US Secr. of St.) (any of several senior government positions) · ka სახელმწიფო მდივანი (any of several senior government positions) · vi bộ trưởng ngoại giao (any of several senior government positions) · vi tổng thư ký bang (chief clerk of a U.S. state) · nb utenriksminister (any of several senior government positions)