Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war secretary

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: war sec-re-tary
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

secretary of war

Questions

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

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