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Home Secretary

Definition: Home Secretary

Home Secretary

Noun

1. The British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Home Secretary

Synonym: Secretary of State for the Home Department (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Home Secretary

English words defined with "Home Secretary": stipendiary, stipendiary magistrate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Home Secretary

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Future of Aerospace: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Honor of Alexander H. Flax Home Secretary (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Home Secretary

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Civil Liberties

United Kingdom

Under the 2000 Terrorism Act, it is an offense, punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment, to belong to or profess to belong to a terrorist organization proscribed by the Home Secretary. (references)

Human Rights

Chile

In March British Home Secretary Jack Straw denied Spain's request on the basis of medical exams indicating that Pinochet was unfit mentally and physically to defend himself against the charges; Pinochet returned to Chile where he faced charges in numerous human rights cases. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

In 1999 the Home Secretary ordered the police to recruit 8,000 officers from ethnic minorities within 10 years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Home Secretary

Language Translations for "Home Secretary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

sisäasiainministeri (Interior Minister). (various references)

   

German

  

innenminister (secretary of the interior). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

belügyminiszter. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Screeudeyr Cooishyn Thie. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omehay ecretarysay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

ministru al afacerilor interne (minister of the interior). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

министр внутренних дел (minister of the interior, secretary of the interior). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

içişleri bakanı (minister of interior, secretary of state for home affairs). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Home Secretary

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 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-m-o-r-r-s-t-y"
 

+5 letters: electromyographies.

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