civil servant

noun

1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency

Examples of civil servant in a Sentence

took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process. Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2025 But civil servants are not waiting around for that to happen. Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025 These civil servants are your friends and neighbors with families facing the same challenges as other Americans. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025 President Donald Trump‘s administration is expecting a rush of federal workers to take its resignation offer in the final hours despite Democrats and union leaders telling civil servants to resist. Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for civil servant 

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of civil servant was in 1767

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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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