functionary

functionary
Synonyms and related words:
Federal, agent, amanuensis, baggage agent, bureaucrat, business agent, civil servant, claim agent, clerk, commercial agent, commission agent, commissioner, conductor, consignee, customer agent, driver, dupe, engineer, factor, fed, federal agent, freight agent, functionnaire, general agent, handler, implement, instrument, insurance agent, jack-in-office, land agent, law agent, literary agent, loan agent, mandarin, manipulator, news agent, office-bearer, officeholder, officer, official, officiary, operant, operative, operator, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, petty tyrant, pilot, placeman, press agent, public official, public servant, puppet, purchasing agent, real estate agent, red-tapist, runner, sales agent, secretary, special agent, station agent, steersman, steward, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, travel agent, walking delegate

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  • functionary — func‧tion‧a‧ry [ˈfʌŋkʆənri ǁ neri] noun functionaries PLURALFORM [countable] JOBS someone who has a job doing unimportant or boring official duties, especially for a government or political party: • At that time a ranking government functionary… …   Financial and business terms

  • Functionary — Func tion*a*ry, n.; pl. {Functionaries}. [Cf. F. fonctionnaire.] One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • functionary — I noun administrator, bureaucrat, commissary, commissioner, delegate, dignitary, office holder, officer, official, representative, syndic II index agent, conduit (intermediary), incumbent, notar …   Law dictionary

  • functionary — one who has a certain function, 1791, from or patterned on Fr. fonctionnaire, a word of the Revolution; from O.Fr. function (see FUNCTION (Cf. function)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • functionary — ► NOUN (pl. functionaries) ▪ an official …   English terms dictionary

  • functionary — [fuŋk′shə ner΄ē] n. pl. functionaries [ FUNCTION + ARY, after Fr fonctionnaire] a person who performs a certain function; esp., an official …   English World dictionary

  • functionary — UK [ˈfʌŋkʃ(ə)nərɪ] / US [ˈfʌŋkʃənˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms functionary : singular functionary plural functionaries an official who works for a government or a political party, especially one with unimportant or boring office duties …   English dictionary

  • functionary — [[t]fʌ̱ŋkʃənəri, AM neri[/t]] functionaries N COUNT A functionary is a person whose job is to do administrative work, especially for a government or a political party. [FORMAL] …   English dictionary

  • functionary — noun a Capitol Hill functionary Syn: official, officeholder, public servant, civil servant, bureaucrat, administrator, apparatchik; informal bean counter …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • functionary — noun (plural aries) Date: 1791 1. one who serves in a certain function 2. one holding office in a government or political party …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • functionary — /fungk sheuh ner ee/, n., pl. functionaries. a person who functions in a specified capacity, esp. in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries. [1785 95; FUNCTION + ARY, modeled on F fonctionnaire] * *… …   Universalium

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