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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Holding World Leaders Like Trump Accountable Is Democratic But the incompetence of civil servants wasn’t the nastiest feature of the spoils system.
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TIME, 14 May 2024
Within areas under the regime’s control, more than 100,000 civil servants refuse to turn up for work as part of a long-running civil disobedience campaign.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
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TIME, 14 May 2024
Within areas under the regime’s control, more than 100,000 civil servants refuse to turn up for work as part of a long-running civil disobedience campaign.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for civil servant
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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