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- noun head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
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john commented on the word secretary of war
A cabinet position from 1789 until 1947, when, along with the Secretary of the Navy, it was replaced by the Secretary of Defense.
December 1, 2008