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civil servant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.
   • Civil servants in the MoT gave a fresh note of caution to the Minister concerning BR's estimates, because those for electrification from Euston had gone from a budgeted £75m to an actual £160m. 2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 61:
   • Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

Forms

Synonyms

civilian · public servant

Translations (101)

pdt Stautsdeena (government employee) · lt valdininkas (government employee) · ca funcionari (government employee) · gl funcionario (government employee) · sq nëpunës shteti (government employee) · tr memur (government employee) · hu közhivatalnok (government employee) · fa-ira کارْمَنْدِ دُوْلَت (government employee) · nl ambtenaar (government employee) · ary موضف (government employee) · ar مُوَظَّف حُكُومِيّ (government employee) · tr devlet memuru (government employee) · uk держа́вний службо́вець (government employee) · nl ambtenares (government employee) · hy պետական ծառայող (government employee) · uk держслужбо́вець (government employee) · hu közalkalmazott (government employee) · lt pareigūnas (government employee) · ar مُوَظَّف مَدَنِيّ (government employee) · af amptenaar (government employee) · vi công chức (government employee) · hu köztisztviselő (government employee) · ka სახელმწიფო მოსამსახურე (government employee) · ar مُوَظَّفَة (government employee) · vi viên chức (government employee) · sh državni službenik (government employee) · sk verejný činiteľ (government employee) · tg хизматчии давлатӣ (government employee) · ky мамлекеттик кызматкер (government employee) · ary موضفة (government employee) · pt funcionário (government employee) · ar مُوَظَّف (government employee) · id amtenar (government employee) · pt servidor público (government employee) · th ข้าราชการ (government employee) · gl funcionaria (government employee) · id pegawai negeri (government employee) · es funcionario (government employee) · uz davlat xizmatchisi (government employee) · mk службеничка (government employee) · ru госуда́рственный слу́жащий (government employee) · ka სახელმწიფო მოხელე (government employee) · sk štátny úradník (government employee) · it funzionario (government employee) · az məmur (government employee) · ru госслу́жащий (government employee) · bg държа́вен служи́тел (government employee) · he עובד ציבור (government employee) · pt funcionário público (government employee) · he עובד מדינה (government employee) · jv amtenar (government employee) · sh државни службеник (government employee) · ka საჯარო მოსამსახურე (government employee) · fi virkamies (government employee) · ro funcționar (government employee) · mk државен службеник (government employee) · wa fonccionaire (government employee) · ko 공무원 (government employee) · el δημόσιος υπάλληλος (government employee) · sl državni uradnik (government employee) · et riigiametnik (government employee) · ms penjawat awam (government employee) · pl urzędniczka państwowa (government employee) · da embedsmand (government employee) · de Funktionär (government employee) · nrf fonctionnaithe (government employee) · nl landsdienaar (government employee) · is ríkisstarfsmaður (government employee) · lv valsts ierēdnis (government employee) · hu közszolga (government employee) · ro funcționar public (government employee) · cs státní úředník (government employee) · nb embetsmann (government employee) · ca servidor públic (government employee) · cmn 公務員 /公务员 (government employee) · ru чино́вник (government employee) · ja 公務員 (government employee) · sw mtumishi wa umma (government employee) · de Funktionärin (government employee) · nn embetsmann (government employee) · id pamong praja (government employee) · be дзяржа́ўны слу́жачы (government employee) · lo ລັດຖະກອນ (government employee) · kk мемлекеттік қызметкер (government employee) · sv tjänsteman (government employee) · mk службеник (government employee) · ka მოხელე (government employee) · sk štátny zamestnanec (government employee) · fr fonctionnaire (government employee) · is opinber starfsmaður (government employee) · cy gwas sifil (government employee) · tl lingkod-bayan (government employee) · pl urzędnik państwowy (government employee) · ca funcionària (government employee) · de Beamtin (government employee) · bo སྲི་ཞུ་བ (government employee) · ka საჯარო მოხელე (government employee) · da tjenestemand (government employee) · de Beamter (government employee) · ru функционе́р (government employee) · sv ämbetsman (government employee)