secretary of the interior

2 definitions found

secretary of the interior - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
     1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
        thing; the inside.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Department of the Interior, that department of the
        government of the United States which has charge of
        pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians,
        education, etc.; that department of the government of a
        country which is specially charged with the internal
        affairs of that country; the home department.
  
     Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the
        United States, is at the head of the Department of the
        Interior.
        [1913 Webster]

secretary of the interior - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Secretary of the Interior
      n 1: the position of the head of the Department of the Interior;
           "the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849"
           [syn: Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary]
      2: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior
         Department; "President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the
         first Secretary of the Interior" [syn: Secretary of the   Interior
         , Interior Secretary]