Definition of "secretary of state" []

• See Secretary, n., 3. (noun)

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• "Reagan and former secretary of state William P. Rogers, who had agreed to chair the commission, both wanted Neil to serve as its vice chair."
• "The only other American charter members of the Moroccan Academy modeled after the Academie Française were former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and Alex Haley, the author of Roots."
• "Cicognani would eventually become the cardinal secretary of state at the Vatican."