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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government employee |
| Synonyms: | government worker, public employee, public official, public servant |
| Main Entry: | officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has high position in |
| Synonyms: | agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, officeholder, official, organization administrator, president, public servant, representative |
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing organization |
| Synonyms: | CEO, administrator, agent, big shot, boss, brains, brass, bureaucrat, chancellor, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, exec, executive, front office, functionary, governor, head person, higher-up, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, mayor, minister, officeholder, officer, panjandrum, premier, president, representative, secretary, top brass, top dog, top drawer, top*, treasurer |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | government employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government worker |
| Synonyms: | civil servant, public official, public servant |
| Main Entry: | public servant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government employee or appointee |
| Synonyms: | civil servant, elected official, government worker, officeholder, official, public employee, public official |
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