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Definition of Treasury secretary
1. Noun. The person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department. "Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury"
2. Noun. The position of the head of the Treasury Department. "The position of Treasury Secretary was created in 1789"
Generic synonyms: Secretaryship
Group relationships: United States Cabinet, Us Cabinet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treasury Secretary
Literary usage of Treasury secretary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris (1816)
"act* the treasurer and comptroller of the navy, the secretaries of the treasury,
secretary to the chancellor of the Exchequer, secretariat to the admiralty, ..."
2. Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of by Robert W. Lincoln (1850)
"Secretary of the treasury secretary of War. • Postmasters General. NINTH
ADMINISTRATION-1841. President. Vice-President. Secretary of State. ..."