public servant
public servant
Definition
public servant
noun
an elected or appointed government official or a civil-service employee
public servant
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pay: Without any real consultation with the PCS, Government Ministers calmly cast tens of thousands of mainly poorly paid public servants into unemployment.
Adjective modifier
- other: The standard of proof now demanded for the police is broadly the same standard faced by other public servants in disciplinary charges.
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