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語源

Either from the French sectaire or directly from its etymon, the Medieval Latin sectārius, from secta (“sect”). Cognates include the Italian settario and the Portuguese and Spanish sectario.

名詞

sec'tary (複数形 sec'tarys)

1. (contraction) secretary
   • 1900, Margaret Blake Robinson, Souls in Pawn: A Story of New York Life, p. 66:

     I'm only Lizzie Kelly, member, while some o' yez are treasurers, an' sec'tarys, an' grand Lord Elephants...

   • 1991, J.S Borthwick, The Student Body: The Winter Carnival At This Maine College Had It All, p. 7:

     Tha's number one sec'tary. Executive sec'tary. Sec'tary of interior, treasury, sec'tary of war.

   • 2010, Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness, p. 278:

     “The sec'tary,” she whispered. And then, with a hug and a look which admonished and encouraged all at once, she slipped away, her white nightdress trailing behind her in a long comma.