Mr. Secretary

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Mr. Secretary is an informal, gendered counterpart term to "Madam Secretary," typically used to address or refer to a male government official holding a secretary-level position.


Statements (28)
Predicate Object
instanceOf form of address
gendered term
honorific title
addressedTo male cabinet member
male secretary of a department
appliesToOffice Cabinet secretary
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
contrastsWith gender-neutral titles
hasComponent Mr.
Secretary
hasFormalityLevel informal
hasGenderAssociation male
hasRegister conversational
informal political discourse
isCounterpartOf Madam Secretary
language English
relatedConcept forms of address for government officials
gendered language in politics
honorifics in English
semanticRole vocative expression
usedFor male government official
secretary-level officeholder
usedInContext government
public administration
usedInReference third-person mention of a male secretary
usedInSpeech direct address

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