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mandarin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mandarin

a worker in a government agency

the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms

Synonyms of mandarin

bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary, public servant

Words Related to mandarin

clerk, officeholder, official, officiary

employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, underling, worker

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