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Definition of "civil servant" [civil servant]

  • A person employed in the civil service. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "civil servant" in a sentence
  • "Gabby Crane, a civil servant in her late 20s who lives in Angel, north London, earns £30,000, has saved a deposit of £35,000 but still can't afford to buy a property."
  • "Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said promised 50,000 new civil servant posts and allocated $2.6 billion for job programs."
  • "In 1913, Zubair dictated his autobiography to the British civil servant H. C. Jackson, who reported the “tottering and uxorious old Arab” to be fond of “the delights and dalliances of Cairo,” but otherwise a “venerable, courteous old gentleman.”"