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func·tion·ary (fuŋk′s̸hə ner′ē)
noun pl. functionaries -·ar′·ies
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Adjective modifier
- public: It was rather, indeed, the conveyance into private hands of the authority of a public functionary.
Noun used with modifier
- union: As a wise trade union functionary, he said the widest possible debate was always desirable.
Adjective modifier
- communist: Certainly we do not believe that many illegal Communist functionaries will follow this slogan.
Noun used with modifier
- state: There were no state functionaries present to listen or to tell their own stories in the hope of amnesty.
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It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary or department, but to the whole people.
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