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Noun: Secretary of Agriculture
  1. The position of the head of the Department of Agriculture
    "the post of Secretary of Agriculture was established in 1889";
    - Agriculture Secretary
     
  2. The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture
    "the first Secretary of Agriculture was Norman J. Colman, who was appointed by Cleveland";
    - Agriculture Secretary

Derived forms: Secretaries of Agriculture

Type of: secretary, secretaryship

Part of: United States Cabinet, US Cabinet

Encyclopedia: Secretary of Agriculture