Civil servant
Civil servant noun - A worker in a government agency.
Usage example: took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Synonyms for Civil servant
Employee and civil servant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Employee" instead a noun phrase "Civil servant".
Employee
Employee noun - One who works for another for wages or a salary.
Civil servant and employee are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Civil servant" instead a noun "Employee".
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Related pairs
- representative and civil servant
- representative and employee
- agent and civil servant
- agent and employee
- hand and civil servant
- hand and employee
- deputy and civil servant
- deputy and employee
- hireling and civil servant
- hireling and employee
- servant and civil servant
- servant and employee
- underling and civil servant
- underling and employee
Both terms in one sentence
- BHW is a German abbreviation for "Beamten Heimstätten Werk" (roughly government employee/ civil servant home provider) while they still operate on the housing market, they are open to people of any profession nowadays.
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