secretary-general
LEADER OR CHIEF OFFICER OF AN ORGANISATION
Secretary General; Secretary-general; Secretary general; Secretary-General; Executive Secretary; Secretary (club); General secretary; Executive secretary; Secretaries-General; GenSec; Honorary secretary; General Secretary; First Secretary (chief officer); Recording secretary; Secretary (corporation); General Secretary (Organisation); General secretaries; General Secretariat; Secretary-treasurer; General-secretary
also Secretary General
(secretaries-general)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
The secretary-general of an international political organization is the person in charge of its administration.
...the United Nations Secretary-General.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing