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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After hours of House of Commons debate, a vote was averted when the government gave in to lawmakers' anger and agreed that the Intelligence and Security Committee would decide what papers should be published, rather than a senior civil servant as Starmer had proposed.
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system.
—Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Trump has repeatedly violated laws — for example, by firing hundreds of thousands of civil servants against their statutory protections and abolishing agencies created by Congress.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
About 77,000 of the purged civil servants have been formally arrested.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system.
—Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Trump has repeatedly violated laws — for example, by firing hundreds of thousands of civil servants against their statutory protections and abolishing agencies created by Congress.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
About 77,000 of the purged civil servants have been formally arrested.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
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 6 Feb. 2026.
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