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Meanings of civil servant in English

Russian
государственный служащий
Portuguese
servidor público
Spanish
servidor público
Catalan
funcionari

Person employed by a government department or agency.

Related terms
государственный служащий
Synonyms
Examples for "government employee"
Examples for "government employee"
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Hassett had come for a temporary gig as a special government employee.
Reuters
2
Mr. Nowak is a U.S. government employee, by profession a chemical engineer.
Ghosts
3
And the girl who ran the post office was a government employee.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
4
However, it is rare for such a case to involve a government employee.
Reuters
5
She's the ideal government employee, content just punching the clock at day's end.
Back on murder
1
Democrats defended her as a hardworking public servant committed to market transparency.
Reuters
2
The highest paid public servant is making more than 800-thousand-dollars a year.
Radio NZ
3
I hope to serve my community as an attorney and public servant.
Ebony
4
Both reports were written by former senior public servant, Dr James Buwalda.
Radio NZ
5
The whole idea of being a public servant is a noble idea.
Ebony
Usage of civil servant in English
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Nigel, the young civil servant, was one of their new best friends.
East of the sun
2
The civil servant pension fund Taspen also puts priority on state-owned companies.
Reuters
3
O'Donnell, a politically neutral civil servant, said SC vetting had been appropriate.
Reuters
4
She also criticised the bureaucratic approach of the civil servant-heavy inquiry secretariat.
The Guardian
5
The civil servant was questioned by gardaí at his office last week.
The Irish Times
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Duncan himself became a civil servant and worked in the War Office.
The Irish Times
7
Maybe get myself a job as a civil servant, what d'you reckon?'
Consequences
8
Mann used a small garage that belonged to a retired civil servant.
Wiseguy
9
It's a remarkable thing for any civil servant to have to say.
Wired
10
For a decade I'd been a civil servant in the environment ministry.
Engineering Infinity
11
The body is chaired by the top civil servant in the country.
The Irish Times
12
He had been contacted by a former civil servant, Ms Loreto Byrne.
The Irish Times
13
He was a civil servant and she his good and faithful wife.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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The accused, a civil servant with the Equality Authority, denies the charge.
The Irish Times
15
On the other hand, many houses just now require a civil servant.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919
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I'm a postman, a federal civil servant, and have been since 1947.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?