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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the position of the head of the Department of the Interior;
- Example: "the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849"
[syn: Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary]

2. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department;
- Example: "President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior"
[syn: Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. [1913 Webster] 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. [1913 Webster] Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Secretary of the Interior n 1: the position of the head of the Department of the Interior; "the position of Interior Secretary was created in 1849" [syn: Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary] 2: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department; "President Taylor appointed Thomas Ewing as the first Secretary of the Interior" [syn: Secretary of the Interior, Interior Secretary]