Functionary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who holds an office or a trust or performs a particular function; an official.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One charged with the performance of a function or office
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who holds an office or a trust: as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a worker who holds or is invested with an office
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    skilled workman    trained worker    skilled worker   
    Hyponym
    inquisitor    civil servant    mandarin    prosecuting attorney    ranger    firewarden    appointee    city father    usher    vizier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    office   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dignitary    magistrate    diplomat    commissioner    tribunal    bureaucrat    envoy    administrator    adviser    personage   
     
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