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secretaire

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sec⋅re⋅taire

[sek-ri-tair]
–noun French Furniture.
any writing desk resembling a secretary.

Origin:
1810–20; < F secrétaire secretary
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secretaire 
cabinet for private papers, 1771, from Fr. secréraire, from M.L. secretarius (see secretary). Anglicized form secretary is attested from 1803.
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