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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.