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civil servant

noun

1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency

Example Sentences

took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
Recent Examples on the Web Rob Reynolds, 36, a civil servant, said Conservative Party members in Northern England have campaigned long and hard, knocking on doors each election, to try to turn seats from red Labour to blue Conservative. William Booth, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 The assent had come from a civil servant who apparently didn’t see the harm. New York Times, 29 July 2022 Born in Jaipur, India, the son of a civil servant, Jain rose to Wall Street’s highest ranks and transformed one of Europe’s most prominent lending institutions into a global trading powerhouse. Sonali Basak, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022 That’s for a couple of reasons, including his track record as a civil servant and his extraordinary life story, stretching back to a family caught up in U.S. Japanese internment camps during World War II. Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2022 His father worked in nearby Fort Dix as a civil servant, and also played and taught trombone. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 Hearing the story, Chang, who loved nature but had chosen a career as a civil servant for the stability, also burst into tears. Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 But before that, Carson worked for 15 years as a civil servant, grinding out pamphlets on conservation for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Fisheries. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022 How do Americans respond when a civil servant—usually a cop, but not always—violates one of their constitutional rights? Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of civil servant was in 1767

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