WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Secretary of Education n 1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education; "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education" [syn: Secretary of Education, Education Secretary] 2: the position of the head of the Education Department; "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979" [syn: Secretary of Education, Education Secretary]