functionary

Example Sentences

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One of my professors, Harry Wexler, had been a young functionary under the midcentury mayor-for-life Dick Lee.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025

Adolf Ziegler, the Nazi functionary charged with overseeing the exhibition, perceived no ambiguity.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

The dispatch of the relatively low-level functionary sends two signals, Mr. Atkinson believes.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2023

The party, not the government, dictates policy and the foreign minister is essentially a functionary.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Finally, we were escorted down the hall by a nervous little functionary, who kept checking his watch and motioning for us to hurry along.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez