Secretary of the Interior Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the position of the head of the Department of the Interior
    Interior Secretary.
    • the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849
  2. noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department
    Interior Secretary.
    • President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior

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Definitions
  1. the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.

Webster 1913