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An advisory council to an executive officer. Certain officers who taken collectively make a board or advisory council; as, the president's, cabinet, which was originally composed of the secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, and some others. These officers are the advisers of the president. Modernly the cabinet consists of: the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban ...