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/pˈəblɪk sˈərvənt/ Listen

Public servant

noun

Someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment).

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"Public servant" Quotes from Famous Books

... which deeply impressed the thoughtful men of the East. He could safely tell stories and jokes after he had demonstrated his greatness as president. Then the people regarded his story-telling as the necessary relief and relaxation of an overburdened and overworked public servant. But before he had demonstrated his genius as an executive, they would probably have regarded these same traits as evidences of frivolity, unfitting the possessor for great ...

— My Memories of Eighty Years • Chauncey M. Depew

... commune, and it will remain to him just so long as the commune pleases. For he is elected to enforce the public will, not to impose his own,—to serve the common interests, not to serve his own,—to maintain and confirm custom, not to break with it. Thus, though appointed chief, he is only the public servant, and the least free man in his native place. Various documents translated and published by Professor Wigmore, in his "Notes on Land Tenure and Local Institutions in Old Japan," give a startling idea of the minute regulation ...

— Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation • Lafcadio Hearn

Words linked to "Public servant" : employee, welfare worker, election, social worker, caseworker