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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Five Sudanese citizens — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance volunteer and two street boys who make money collecting plastic bottles — come together to share their memories, hopes and dreams in Khartoum, a caleidoscopic documentary about the civil war that started in the country in 2023.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
With Black Americans blocked from well-paying federal jobs and promotion, an already existing earning gap between black and white civil servants only increased.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne lost her job as education minister, replaced by civil servant Edouard Geffray.
—CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Decisions on police security are taken by RAVEC, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, and the February 2024 High Court judgment described a telephone call between its chair in 2020, Sir Richard Mottram, and Britain's top civil servant, cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
With Black Americans blocked from well-paying federal jobs and promotion, an already existing earning gap between black and white civil servants only increased.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne lost her job as education minister, replaced by civil servant Edouard Geffray.
—CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Decisions on police security are taken by RAVEC, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, and the February 2024 High Court judgment described a telephone call between its chair in 2020, Sir Richard Mottram, and Britain's top civil servant, cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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 20 Oct. 2025.
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