单词 | public servant |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic servant public servant n. (originally) a person whose labour is for the public or the common good; (later) a State official; a government or Crown employee; a civil servant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant servantc1400 public servant1598 civil servant1767 fonctionnaire1887 Whitehall warrior1944 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques ii. v. 91 Hee [sc. Plato] seemeth..by the establishment of such lawes to make the City small, if all Craftsmen shall bee publicke seruants [Fr. si les artisans sont publiques], and not comprised within the corporation of the Citie. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1616 Immediately Was Samson as a public servant brought, In thir state Livery clad. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 307 Talthybius and Eurybates..Two public servants of the king were these. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 301 The Presidential housemaids have..an ample amount of ‘compensation:’ which is the American word for salary, in the case of all public servants. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxii. 189 She is an ideal public servant, having all the minor ailments possible, a fiendish disposition,..and a healthy dislike for mankind. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Feb. 8/2 Bilingual public servants will speak in one official language as a protest against the federal Government's proposal to withdraw bilingualism bonuses. 2003 Independent 14 Apr. i. 7/1 He will return to the Middle East and Iraq next month as the incumbent of one of the toughest and most uncharted overseas jobs any public servant can imagine. < as lemmas |
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