PUBLIC SERVANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does public servant mean? • PUBLIC SERVANT (noun)
The noun PUBLIC SERVANT has 1 sense:
1. someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
Familiarity information: PUBLIC SERVANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PUBLIC SERVANT (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("public servant" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Domain category:
election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public servant"):
caseworker; social worker; welfare worker (someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged))
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