Secretary

of state. ( Secrétaire d’etat, Fr. ) The secretary who has charge of the foreign relations. To Secrete , to hide; to keep private; to harbor; to conceal, . By the articles of war it is provided, that if any person shall harbor, conceal, or a ist any deserter from his majesty’s service, knowing him to be such, the person so offending shall forfeit, for every such offence, the sum of five pounds.