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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Senior civil servants are required to resign two years before standing for public office.
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Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
China has increased civil servant salaries in a move to boost its struggling economy, reports.
—Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Khartoum – Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors — reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
To that end, being as strict as possible — in the hope that career civil servants will quit — will serve Trump’s ends.
—Matthew Yglesias, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
China has increased civil servant salaries in a move to boost its struggling economy, reports.
—Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Khartoum – Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors — reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
To that end, being as strict as possible — in the hope that career civil servants will quit — will serve Trump’s ends.
—Matthew Yglesias, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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