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secretary-general

n. (alternative spelling of Secretary General English)

Usage examples of "secretary-general".

The infosphere representation of Bhai Banda Singh, secretary-general of the Interstellar Commerce Union, was impeccably tailored and dignified in bearing.

Familiar with the fact that the laws of physics take precisely the same form regardless of one's state of motion so long as this motion is unchanging, the secretary-general takes no heed of this difference, and carries out the light bulb-initiated signing ceremony as before.

It calls for a 'more appropriate title' for the secretary-general, given that he will soon become the commander in chief f the world's remaining military power and the chief financial officer of the global bank.

It isn't easy to gain an appointment with the Secretary-General, young man, but if you can, you must tell him that Electors Boundbridge and Satrap are leaguing with General Forcemain to attempt a coup d'etat.

They write letters to the editor telling how they spotted Secretary-General Haruman in a drug store and he looked unhappy.

It didn't surprise him that Carpathia could afford such a purchase, but there was no way a man so visible could hide behind a publishing company name and break every rule of journalistic ethics by owning a major media outlet while serving as secretary-general of the United Nations.

When, as the United Nations secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali resisted military intervention on behalf of the Bosnian Moslems, Egyptians did not judge his beliefs about the Balkans on their merits.