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Meanings of escritoire in English

Portuguese
secretária
Catalan
escriptori
Spanish
escritorio

A desk used for writing.

secretária
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Examples for "secretary"
Examples for "secretary"
1
Asked whether he was worried, the business secretary said: Well, of course.
The Guardian
2
First Union secretary Jared Abbott said it was a serious safety issue.
Radio NZ
3
Foreign secretary William Hague said: A number of people are held hostage.
The Guardian
4
Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary, said citizens would be offered repatriation.
The Guardian
5
She was a good secretary of state, Powell said, according to Newsday.
Reuters
1
He replaced the papers which had been deranged, and he closed the secretaire.
The Bravo: A Tale
2
She walked to her little secretaire, opened it and pulled out a drawer.
The Angel of Terror
3
She had closed and locked the secretaire and she handed the man the key.
The Green Rust
4
In the dining-room is a secretaire given to Louis XVI.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
5
I replied, I know nothing about it, except that it was in your secretaire.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 04
1
She sat down herself, in her old place at the writing table.
The Divine Fire
2
She found Dr. Galbraith in the library sitting at his writing table.
The Heavenly Twins
3
His dark eyes were levelled at the man across the writing table.
The Man in the Twilight
4
She took up the oil lamp that stood upon her writing table.
Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
5
The Sheraton writing table in the corner had been readied for him.
Iron lace
Usage of escritoire in English
1
Phadrig shut down the top of the big escritoire and locked it.
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
2
The escritoire contained two millions of francs, and the money has disappeared.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
3
And the emperor drew from his escritoire a paper which he unfolded.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
4
The secretary leaned against an escritoire with huge hinges of beaten metal.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
5
I unlocked my escritoire, and gave him all I had by me.
The Woman in Black
6
The empress took a paper from her escritoire, and unfolding it, read aloud:
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
7
Ernest and myself were seated side by side by the escritoire.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
8
He started up and walked over to the small oak escritoire.
War and the Weird
9
He poured himself a glass of cognac and went over to her escritoire.
Depths
10
But she stepped back with outstretched arms as if to protect the escritoire.
The Count's Millions
11
Finally he moved toward his escritoire and took up a pen.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
12
On the table stood a travelling-escritoire, open, with pens and inkstand.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
13
She was sitting before her escritoire, writing, and looked up, surprised and annoyed.
Graustark
14
You will find your exchequer in the escritoire-drawer in the cabinet across the hall.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
15
In silence, and without attempt at violence, they followed Albeury across to the escritoire.
The Four Faces: A Mystery
16
A pile of neatly written manuscripts were on the escritoire.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
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escriptori
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escritorio
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