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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979"
[syn: Secretary of Education, Education Secretary]


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]