Usually means: Leader, administrator of an organization.
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  1. secretary-general: Merriam-Webster
  2. secretary-general: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. secretary-general, secretary-general: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Secretary-General, Secretary-general, secretary-general: Wordnik
  5. Secretary-General, secretary-general: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. secretary-general: Wiktionary
  7. secretary-general: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. secretary-general: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. secretary-general: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. secretary-general: Dictionary.com
  11. Secretary-General, Secretary-general: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. secretary-general: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. secretary-general: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. secretary-general: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of Secretary General [The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.]

Similar:
Secretary General, secretariate, General Secretary, Secretary of State, director-general, adjutant-general, Postmaster General, major-general, Surgeon-General, Surgeon General, more...

Types:
Kofi Annan, BKi-moon, António Guterres, Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Trygve Lie, more...

Phrases:
opec secretary-general, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Secretary-General of ASEAN, more...

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Similar:
Secretary General, secretariate, General Secretary, Secretary of State, director-general, adjutant-general, Postmaster General, major-general, Surgeon-General, Surgeon General, more...

Types:
Kofi Annan, BKi-moon, António Guterres, Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Trygve Lie, more...

Phrases:
opec secretary-general, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Secretary-General of ASEAN, more...



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