civil servant
noun
1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency
Examples of civil servant in a Sentence
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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This month, the authority managed to pay only 50 percent of the salaries of tens of thousands of civil servants.
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Michael Levenson, New York Times, 22 May 2024
With progressive local, state, and federal taxes, Maryland is losing veterans, retirees, civil servants, and millionaires.
—Susan McComas, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
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Michael Levenson, New York Times, 22 May 2024
With progressive local, state, and federal taxes, Maryland is losing veterans, retirees, civil servants, and millionaires.
—Susan McComas, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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