The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Secretary \Sec"re*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Secretaries. [F.
   secr['e]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It.
   secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a
   confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a
   secret. See Secret, a. & n.]
   1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [R.]
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   2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches,
      public or private papers, records, and the like; an
      official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to
      correspondence, and transacts other business, for an
      association, a public body, or an individual.
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            That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance
            with the secretaries, and employed men of
            ambassadors.                          --Bacon.
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   3. An officer of state whose business is to superintend and
      manage the affairs of a particular department of
      government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or
      advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary
      of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to
      the relations of a government with foreign courts; the
      secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of
      finance; the secretary of war, etc.
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   4. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and
      for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
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   5. (Zool.) The secretary bird.
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   Secretary bird. [So called in allusion to the tufts of
      feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully
      thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zool.) A
      large long-legged raptorial bird (Gypogeranus
      serpentarius), native of South Africa, but now
      naturalized in the West Indies and some other tropical
      countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest of long
      feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of
      various kinds, and is much prized on account of its habit
      of killing and devouring snakes of all kinds. Called also
      serpent eater.
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   Syn: See the Note under Clerk, n., 4.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

secretary
    n 1: a person who is head of an administrative department of
         government
    2: an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for
       a boss or an organization [syn: secretary, secretarial
       assistant]
    3: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: repository,
       secretary]
    4: a desk used for writing [syn: secretary, writing table,
       escritoire, secretaire]

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

SECRETARY. An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and
other instruments. He is so called because he is possessed of the secrets of
his employer. This term wag used in France in 1343, and in England the term
secretary was first applied to the clerks of the king, who being always near
his person were called clerks of the secret, and in the reign of Henry VIII.
the term secretary of state came into it.



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Secretary, MD -- U.S. town in Maryland
   Population (2000):    503
   Housing Units (2000): 218
   Land area (2000):     0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            70900
   Located within:       Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
   Location:             38.609886 N, 75.949006 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Secretary, MD
    Secretary