Secretary

sek′rē-tā-ri, n. one employed to write for another: a public officer entrusted with the affairs of a department of government, or of a company, .: a piece of furniture for writing, with drawers, pigeon-holes, . (also Secretaire′ ).— adj. Secretā′rial , pertaining to a secretary or his duties.— ns. Secretā′riate , the official position of secretary; Sec′retary-bird a raptorial serpent-eating bird resembling the crane, found in South Africa and the East—from the tufts of feathers at the back of its head like pens stuck behind the ear; Sec′retaryship .