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civil servant

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.
  2. A person employed in the civil service; a government employee

Equivalents

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Examples

“Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have⟳ every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take⟳ jobs in the private sector.”
“Civil servants in the MoT gave a fresh note⟳ of caution to the Minister concerning BR's estimates, because those for electrification from Euston had gone from a budgeted £75m to an actual £160m.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Civil servants civil service civil society civil status civil suit civil time

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