private secretary

noun

a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.

private secretary

noun

a secretary entrusted with the personal and confidential matters of a business executive
a civil servant who acts as aide to a minister or senior government official Compare parliamentary private secretary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of private secretary¹

First recorded in 1765–75

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Four years later, he was appointed private secretary to the then Stormont Finance Minister Captain Terence O'Neill.

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The Royal Household has two members on the committee, including the monarch's private secretary.

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Ravec's then-chair, Sir Richard Mottram, told the late Queen's private secretary Sir Edward Young that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would lose their existing Met protection.

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The mayor's private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and Brugada's adviser, José Muñoz, were killed on their way to work on Tuesday morning local time.

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Founded in 2017, Pitch@Palace Global Ltd was initially held in the name of Amanda Thirsk, the prince's private secretary, in an arrangement often used by the Royal Family.

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