public servant

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noun

a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.

Origin of public servant

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby public servant

public relations, public room, public sale, public school, public sector, public servant, public service, public speaking, public spending, public statute, public television

Words related to public servant

official, officeholder

Example sentences from the Web for public servant

  • Office-holder is more honest, more picturesque, more thoroughly Anglo-Saxon that public-servant.

    The American Language |Henry L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for public servant

public servant

noun

an elected or appointed holder of a public office
Australian and NZ a member of the public service British equivalent: civil servant