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civil servant

noun

Definition of civil servantnext
as in public servant
a worker in a government agency took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department

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Recent Examples of civil servant Among ordinary Russians and civil servants alike, proliferating social controls and prosecutions for treason have created a pervasive climate of mistrust and fueled a sense of paralysis. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026 Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has become central to a local corruption scandal, due to the conduct of civil servants who allegedly accepted bribes to grant exorbitant construction contracts for public work. — News Desk, Artforum, 31 Aug. 2026 The incident prompted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to remove Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the country's highest civil servant, from office. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The government has opened an investigation, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the Health Ministry’s highest civil servant, to be removed from office. — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for civil servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
  1. public servant
  2. clerk
  3. official
  4. employee
  5. worker
  6. bureaucrat
Noun
  • Twenty-five years later, South Florida will honor the lives lost and sacrifices made by first responders and other public servants on 9/11.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Corporate vice presidents can learn from academics, entrepreneurs and public servants.
    — Siri Swahari, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of public servant
Noun
  • Florey also argued that the County Board cannot interfere with how the clerk secures services or dictate if a particular service, such as printing of ballots, must be bid out.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The local election authority, the Saline County clerk, still lists Gibson as receiving the highest number of votes in its official results.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of clerk
Noun
  • The lawmakers ask whether officials are monitoring firms’ actions and weighing direct refunds, like tax relief.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi officials said debris from a Houthi drone also killed one civilian and injured others.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of official
Noun
  • The company will monitor employee health, safety, and environmental indicators and proactively submit the results to regulators.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Every employee here, from the bartenders to the spa attendants, always seems to be just one step ahead of you.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of employee
Noun
  • About 50,000 doses are intended for front-line and health workers, while 20,000 doses will be used in a clinical trial to study whether the vaccine protects against Bundibugyo virus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Many became lifelong friends, and role models for me as husbands, fathers, workers and community servants.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of worker
Noun
  • Devoid of any hint of satanic greatness, the balding, nearsighted bureaucrat on the stand in Jerusalem looked more like an accountant than anything else.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly 30 years after a million starving aliens were stranded near Johannesburg, a bureaucrat tasked with forcibly relocating them is exposed to an alien chemical and starts to experience changes.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bureaucrat

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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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