functionary

func·tion·ar·y

F0362100 (fŭngk′shə-nĕr′ē)n. pl. func·tion·ar·ies One who holds an office or a trust or performs a particular function; an official.

functionary

(ˈfʌŋkʃənərɪ) n, pl -ariesa person acting in an official capacity, as for a government; an officialadj a less common word for functional, official

func•tion•ar•y

(ˈfʌŋk ʃəˌnɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies. a person who functions in a specified capacity; an official: civil servants and other functionaries. [1785–95; < French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

functionary - a worker who holds or is invested with an officeofficialapparatchik - a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization); "Democratic apparatchiks"appointee - an official who is appointedbailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.beadle - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial functionadministrative official, bureaucrat - an official of a bureaucracycaretaker - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"censor - a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptablecensus taker, enumerator - someone who collects census data by visiting individual homeschurch officer - a church officialcity father - an important municipal officialcivil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil servicecommissar, political commissar - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unitComptroller General - a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the governmentComptroller of the Currency - a United States federal official who regulates the national banksdiplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiationselected official - official who won the office in a free electionequerry - an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or noblesfire marshall - an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of firesfire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger - an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of foresthearing examiner, hearing officer - an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powersholdover, hangover - an official who remains in office after his termincumbent, officeholder - the official who holds an officeInquisitor - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisitioninvalidator, voider, nullifier - an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justicelicenser - an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)macebearer, macer, mace - an official who carries a mace of officemandarin - any high government official or bureaucratnotary, notary public - someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositionsnoticer - someone who gives formal noticeofficeholder, officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"federal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureauprovincial - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"postmaster general - the official in charge of the national postal serviceproconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative powerprosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the statequaestor - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)recruiter - an official who enlists personnel for military servicerecord-keeper, recorder, registrar - someone responsible for keeping recordsregulator - an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interestreturning officer - the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the resultssealer - an official who affixes a seal to a documentsearcher - a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable itemsskilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

functionary

noun officer, official, dignitary, office holder, office bearer, employee a properly elected state functionary

Translations

fonctionnairefunzionario