secretary
noun
[ ˈsɛkrɪt(ə)ri ]
• a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.
• "she was secretary to David Wilby MP"
Similar:
assistant,
personal assistant,
PA,
administrator,
clerk,
clerical assistant,
amanuensis,
girl/man Friday,
typist,
shorthand typist,
copyist,
keyboarder,
stenographer,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus (see secret).
