civil servants

noun

Definition of civil servantsnext
plural of civil servant
as in officials
a worker in a government agency took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department

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  1. employees
  2. bureaucrats
  3. workers
  4. clerks
Noun
  • Do presidents give federal employees Christmas Eve off?
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Although most federal employees will be off, the White House said that the heads of executive departments and agencies will determine if certain offices and installations of their organizations must remain open on Tuesday.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of employees
Noun
  • The third of a tea seller’s six children, Modi is a departure from the pedigreed, English-speaking bureaucrats who governed India for most of its post-independence history.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That’s not surprising, given that the state’s education bureaucrats consciously developed the multipoint dashboard to conceal the chronic lack of academic achievement.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of bureaucrats
Noun
  • The company replaced its CEO with an outsider in August, before tens of thousands of Boeing workers went on strike for seven weeks in the fall.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Big thanks to the postal workers!
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of workers
Noun
  • Also, proceedings tend to slow down this time of the year due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, during which many judges, clerks and other court employees are away from work.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Closures include the Supreme Court of Maryland, the Appellate Court of Maryland, the circuit courts, the District Court of Maryland, the Orphans’ Courts and the offices of the clerks of court.
    Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of clerks
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