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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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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The Lord is beautifully written, with a sympathetic attention to character and culture from Antonius, the daughter of a Mandatory Palestine socialite and an author and civil servant.
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In Venezuela, Cecilia was a veteran government worker who loved working in the tax department and training future generations of civil servants.
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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2018, Liu Yuliang, a civil servant in Xinjiang, was ordered to the home of a young police officer in his village.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The Lord is beautifully written, with a sympathetic attention to character and culture from Antonius, the daughter of a Mandatory Palestine socialite and an author and civil servant.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
In Venezuela, Cecilia was a veteran government worker who loved working in the tax department and training future generations of civil servants.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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