Functions
Role
Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
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In recent year, the SEKs and MEKs fulfill the SWAT role while the GSG-9 functions similarly to the Hostage Rescue Team when federal police resources are used.
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The Guardian Angel once again functions in this role, and this time in a greater capacity.
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Eos, the goddess of dawn, may originally have had this role, based on similar other indo-european dawn goddesses, and her own promiscuity, though ultimately her functions passed to the deities above.
Source: Love Goddess
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