Definition of Secretary of War

1. Noun. Head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947.

Exact synonyms: War Secretary
Generic synonyms: Secretaryship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secretary Of War

Secretary General
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of State
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of War (current term)
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Treasury
Section Eight
Sectral
Securitate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Security Council
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Security Service
Sedalia
Seder
Sedna
Sedum acre

Literary usage of Secretary of War

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"US, BOOK 20. their construction of the contract originally made between the United States and Sibley, the Secretary of War had a right to determine it at ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... of the United States Army in charge of the locality. Witness my hand this 12th day of May, 1900. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. ..."

3. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1863)
"Interviews of General Wise with Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of War.—Mr. Benjamin censured by Congress, but retained in the Cabinet. ..."

4. Forty-six Years in the Army by John McAllister Schofield (1897)
"... by removing to St. Louis, and did not return to Washington until the condition of the War Department led to the impeachment of the Secretary of War. ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1910)
"Order of the Secretary of War Appointing the Sanitary Commission. ... The Secretary of War has learned, with great satisfaction, that at the instance and in ..."

6. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Breach between the President and Secretary of War. ... The Secretary of War, and the President himself, were informed of them, but it was thought to ..."

7. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"To ihe House of Representatives of the United States: I lay before the House a report * of the Secretary of War, conformably to their resolution of January ..."

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