public servants

noun

Definition of public servantsnext
plural of public servant
1
as in officials
a person who holds a public office the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant

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as in civil servants
a worker in a government agency concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll

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  1. officers
  2. employees
  3. bureaucrats
  4. workers
Noun
  • Minor injuries were reported to the officers, according to Officer Ken Kober, president of the union that represents Cincinnati police.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the mistake, officers at the base played along.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of officers
Noun
  • Some locations may close entirely for the evening to allow employees to spend time with their families.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Etch-a-Sketch was so popular that employees worked Christmas eve to fulfill demand.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 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
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