functionary
English Thesaurus
1. a worker who holds or is invested with an office (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | apparatchik, |
| definition | : | a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | appointee, |
| definition | : | an official who is appointed (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bailiff, |
| definition | : | an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | beadle, |
| definition | : | a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | caretaker, |
| definition | : | an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | censor, |
| definition | : | a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | census taker, enumerator, |
| definition | : | someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | city father, |
| definition | : | an important municipal official (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | civil servant, |
| definition | : | a public official who is a member of the civil service (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | commissar, political commissar, |
| definition | : | an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | comptroller general, |
| definition | : | a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | diplomat, diplomatist, |
| definition | : | an official engaged in international negotiations (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | elected official, |
| definition | : | official who won the office in a free election (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | equerry, |
| definition | : | an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fire marshall, |
| definition | : | an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hearing examiner, hearing officer, |
| definition | : | an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hangover, holdover, |
| definition | : | an official who remains in office after his term (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | inquisitor, |
| definition | : | an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | judge, jurist, justice, |
| definition | : | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | licenser, |
| definition | : | an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mace, macebearer, macer, |
| definition | : | an official who carries a mace of office (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mandarin, |
| definition | : | any high government official or bureaucrat (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | notary, notary public, |
| definition | : | someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | noticer, |
| definition | : | someone who gives formal notice (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | officeholder, officer, |
| definition | : | someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | agent, federal agent, |
| definition | : | any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | provincial, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | postmaster general, |
| definition | : | the official in charge of the national postal service (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | proconsul, |
| definition | : | an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | quaestor, |
| definition | : | any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | recruiter, |
| definition | : | an official who enlists personnel for military service (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | regulator, |
| definition | : | an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | returning officer, |
| definition | : | the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sealer, |
| definition | : | an official who affixes a seal to a document (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | searcher, |
| definition | : | a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | teller, vote counter, |
| definition | : | an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | town clerk, |
| definition | : | the official who keeps a town's records (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | doorkeeper, usher, |
| definition | : | an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | vizier, |
| definition | : | a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | weigher, |
| definition | : | an official who weighs and records the weight (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | function, officiate, |
| definition | : | perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | function, officiate, |
| definition | : | perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition) |
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