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Functionary

A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.

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📖 Definitions of "Functionary"

noun

1
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
2
A paper-pusher, bean counter.

🔄 Synonyms of "Functionary"

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Word	Definition
officialnoun	Approved by authority; authorized.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Functionary"

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Word	Definition
officialnoun	An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
employeenoun	A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
officernoun	One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
servantnoun	One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
functionalnoun	(mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
functionnoun	What something does or is used for.
federal officialnoun	any federal law-enforcement officer
office worknoun	A set of related activities including record-keeping, organizing, accounting, communicating, editing, or managing
public officernoun	One who holds public office; an official or employee of the government.
officiateverb	(intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office.
public servantnoun	A person employed by the government.
officenoun	(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
underofficialnoun	A subordinate official.
wardennoun	A chief administrative officer of a prison.
handlernoun	(literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
civil servantnoun	A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.
apparatchiknoun	(by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
filing clerknoun	(UK) An office worker whose chief responsibility is filing documents.
subofficial	Of less than official status.
officeholdernoun	A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.