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Meaning of civil servant | Babel Free

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

Afrikaans amptenaar
Azərbaycanca məmur
Dansk embedsmand
Español funcionario
Suomi virkamies
Français fonctionnaire
Galego funcionario
Italiano funzionario
日本語 公務員
한국어 공무원
Kurdî memûr
Bahasa Melayu penjawat awam
Nederlands ambtenaar ambtenares
Kiswahili mtumishi wa umma
Türkçe memur
Українська держслужбо́вець
Tiếng Việt công chức viên chức

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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