The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAIRD which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1970.
Defense secretary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAIRD | 50 % | 5 |
| MCELROY | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defense secretary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- secretary of defense
- defense attorney
- director general
- secretary general
- defence
- defense team
- attorney general
- home secretary
- undersecretary
- lieutenant general
- foreign minister
- cabinet minister
Crossword Answer definitions
LAIRD noun- The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.
- Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.
- Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LAIRD
- Nixon's Defense Secretary Melvin
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- Highlands title
- Defense secretary under Nixon
- Scot with property
- Scot with an estate
- Scottish estate owner
- Landed proprietor, in Scotland
- Nixon's first Secretary of Defense
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