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public servant

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who holds a government position by election or appointment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)

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synonyms (22)

Words with the same meaning

  1. bureaucrat
  2. civil servant
  3. convict
  4. functionary
  5. functionnaire
  6. holdover
  7. incumbent
  8. ins
  9. jack-in-office
  10. lame duck
  11. mandarin
  12. new broom
  13. office-bearer
  14. officeholder
  15. officer
  16. official
  17. officiary
  18. petty tyrant
  19. placeman
  20. president-elect
  21. public official
  22. red-tapist

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. employee

hyponyms (3)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. caseworker
  2. social worker
  3. welfare worker

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