civil servant
noun
1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency
Synonyms of civil servant
Examples of civil servant in a Sentence
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Onstage, Gemmill made sure to thank all the first responders and civil servants.
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Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
The duties of civil servants, who remained in their chairs as presidents came and went, were supposed to transcend patronage and partisanship.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
And to mirror that successful PC Home Reform policy from the 90s, the Prime Minister this year supported a Swedish AI Reform scheme that makes agentic AI free for all civil servants, students, teachers, research institutions, and non-profits.
—Oscar Täckström, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
The duties of civil servants, who remained in their chairs as presidents came and went, were supposed to transcend patronage and partisanship.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
And to mirror that successful PC Home Reform policy from the 90s, the Prime Minister this year supported a Swedish AI Reform scheme that makes agentic AI free for all civil servants, students, teachers, research institutions, and non-profits.
—Oscar Täckström, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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