Thesaurus results for CIVIL SERVANT

civil servant

noun

Definition of civil servant

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 Its senior leadership was appointed by the Hamas administration, while its hospitals and public health services were staffed largely by career doctors, medical workers, and civil servants. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 7 July 2026 Chloe Barker, a civil servant from West Yorkshire, England, traveled to Prague with a friend on June 26, per Kennedy News and Media. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 The more Alois Hitler pushed him toward a civil servant career, the more Adolf aspired to become an artist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026 Many other civil servants have thought through this process themselves. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for civil servant

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Noun

That perception damages public confidence and undermines the work of the many honest public servants who faithfully serve their communities.

— Amy Elik, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
He has been charged in Pierce County with nine counts of unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree and one count of making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of public servant

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Hersey — reporting on a clerk, a tailor’s widow, two doctors, a priest, and a pastor — gave US readers their first sense of what the new superweapon did to human bodies.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
His military occupational specialty was warehouse clerk, and his final assignment was with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of clerk

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DeKalb County Sheriff's officials said, shortly after noon, a 2025 Mazda CX-5, a Mack semi-tractor trailer hauling gravel, and a 2013 Nissan Altima collided at the intersection of Illinois Route 23 and Melms Road.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Clayton County Water Authority officials said a service disruption that temporarily knocked out water to parts of the county was possibly a cyberattack.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of official

Noun

The order is opposed by unions representing state workers, who argue employees will foot the cost of Newsom’s mandate, through expenses like gas and parking.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
That’s the Dollar General employee turned tryout football player turned military student turned statistical anomaly in him.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of employee

Noun

Search and rescue efforts included nearby residents, emergency services, healthcare workers, security personnel and an expert team from the local disaster prevention office, per the BBC.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old migrant being held at the Delaney Hall detention center, was pronounced dead on Saturday by medical workers at University Hospital in Newark, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Monday.

— Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of worker

Noun

The bureaucrats in Brussels are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace of technological progress.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026
But when a bureaucrat from Seoul arrives, stubbornly ignoring all warnings to avoid the infection, Mu-young must decide who she is truly meant to protect.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

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