Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
thing; the inside.
2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
{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.
Source : WordNet®
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: {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: {Interior
Secretary}]