See Also: Secretary (Corporate Secretary)(law)
First Secretary(dictionary)
secretary(medicine)
secretary(1)(dictionary)
secretary(2)(dictionary)
under-secretary(dictionary)
secretary(dictionary)
SECRETARY(law)
Corporate Secretary(law)
SECRETARY OF LEGATION(law)

under-secretary (iou)



under-secretary noun. L17.
[from UNDER- + SECRETARY noun.]
A subordinate official, esp. a junior minister or a senior civil servant.
parliamentary under-secretary: see PARLIAMENTARY adjective. Permanent Under-secretary: see PERMANENT adjective.
under-secretaryship noun L17.