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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
secretary
/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tɹi/
noun
an employee who does general office work for another person in the office
- “My sister works as a secretary in a big multinational.”Tatoeba
- “My boss dictated a letter for his secretary to type.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)