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
Recent Examples on the Web
In March, 2023, Starmer hired Sue Gray, one of the U.K.’s most senior civil servants, to be his chief of staff.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
Without civil servants who can balance political initiatives with experience, there is little to stop chaos from spiraling out of control.
—TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
More fundamental is that Harris, unlike Trump, is not obsessed with using presidential power to persecute critics, overturn elections, stamp out peaceful dissent, replace legions of civil servants with rabid loyalists or act as a dictator on Day One.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: A week later on the White House Lawn, President Kennedy presented Dr. Frances Kelsey with the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest award the federal government can give a career civil servant.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
Without civil servants who can balance political initiatives with experience, there is little to stop chaos from spiraling out of control.
—TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
More fundamental is that Harris, unlike Trump, is not obsessed with using presidential power to persecute critics, overturn elections, stamp out peaceful dissent, replace legions of civil servants with rabid loyalists or act as a dictator on Day One.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: A week later on the White House Lawn, President Kennedy presented Dr. Frances Kelsey with the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest award the federal government can give a career civil servant.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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