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单词 public servant
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public servant

noun

: a government official or employee

Synonyms

  • functionary
  • officeholder
  • officer
  • official
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Example Sentences

the new governor vowed that he would always remember why he was called a public servant and not the people's master concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll
Recent Examples on the Web The trailblazing public servant was 84 years old and had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells overtake the space usually reserved for normal plasma cells that fight off infections. NBC News, 18 Oct. 2021 The Afghan public gave no evidence of subscribing to the image Mr. Ghani attempted to project of himself: an omniscient public servant bound to make the wisest choices for his constituents, because of his sizable intellect. New York Times, 16 Aug. 2021 Never has a public servant had a better group of people working at their side! Caroline Linton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2021 But no public servant has been through a period like this before, and Sudders has had to answer for monumental tragedies, such as why Massachusetts experienced one of the highest nursing home death rates in the country. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021 And in Case 1000, prosecutors say Netanyahu received gifts such as cigars and champagne from overseas businessmen, something a public servant should not do. Hadas Gold, CNN, 5 Apr. 2021 On July 30, the Saenzes were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a public servant and causing bodily injury, court records show. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022 The sharp distinctions between Bass, a longtime public servant with roots in South L.A. community organizing, and Caruso, a billionaire former Republican running as a political outsider, make for a different landscape. Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022 Ervin said the officers each face two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant, which is normally a second-degree felony but becomes a first-degree felony if committed in the course of duty by law enforcement. Ashley Killough, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined above

public servant

noun

1
as in officer
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • officer
  • official
  • administrator
  • manager
  • executive
  • officeholder
  • director
  • commissioner
  • superintendent
  • supervisor
  • functionary
  • chairman
  • regulator
  • bureaucrat
  • chair
  • minion
  • underling
  • flunkie
  • flunky
  • head
  • flunkey
  • co-official
2
as in civil servant
a worker in a government agency concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • civil servant
  • clerk
  • official
  • employee
  • worker
  • bureaucrat
  • officiary
  • mandarin
  • functionary
  • officeholder
  • employe
  • underling
  • hireling
  • jobholder
  • hand
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