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INTERIOR SECRETARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of the head of the Department of the Interior

Example:

the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849

Synonyms:

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Interior Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Interior Secretary" is a member of...):

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department

Example:

President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior

Synonyms:

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Interior Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

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