Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secretary of war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: sec-re-tary of war
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947

Synonyms

war secretary

Questions

What does secretary of war mean?: head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947

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