secretary of education

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secretary of education - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]