under secretary

or un·der·sec·re·tar·y

[ uhn-der-sek-ri-ter-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (often initial capital letters)

an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet:
Under Secretary of the Treasury.

First recorded in 1680–90

Shashi Tharoor is the chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

In 1873 Admiral Saint-Bon, minister of marine, appointed him under-secretary of state.

Peel went out of office very soon after he had made Mr. Gladstone Under-secretary for the Colonies.

He had now been Under-Secretary for two years, and in this Bill his first real chance had come.

Mrs. Rodney fancied that this was the correct and fashionable title of an under-secretary of state.

There were a good many persons there, and a foreign minister immediately buttonholed the Under-Secretary of State.

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