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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-civil servant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: civil servants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} civil servant (plural civil servants)
  1. A person employed in the civil service; a government employee. Synonyms: civilian, public servant Translations (government employee): amptenaar (Afrikaans), nëpunës shteti [masculine] (Albanian), مُوَظَّف (muwaẓẓaf) [masculine] (Arabic), مُوَظَّفَة (muwaẓẓafa) [feminine] (Arabic), مُوَظَّف حُكُومِيّ (muwaẓẓaf ḥukūmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مُوَظَّف مَدَنِيّ (muwaẓẓaf madaniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), موضف (muwaḍḍaf) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), موضفة (muwaḍḍafa) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), պետական ծառայող (petakan caṙayoġ) (Armenian), məmur (Azerbaijani), дзяржа́ўны слу́жачы (dzjaržáwny slúžačy) [masculine] (Belarusian), държа́вен служи́тел (dăržáven služítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), funcionari [masculine] (Catalan), funcionària [feminine] (Catalan), servidor públic [masculine] (Catalan), 公務員 /公务员 (gōngwùyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), státní úředník [masculine] (Czech), embedsmand [common-gender] (Danish), tjenestemand (english: older officially regulated term) [common-gender] (Danish), ambtenaar [masculine] (Dutch), ambtenares [feminine] (Dutch), landsdienaar [Suriname, masculine] (Dutch), riigiametnik (Estonian), virkamies (Finnish), fonctionnaire [feminine, masculine] (French), funcionario [masculine] (Galician), funcionaria [feminine] (Galician), მოხელე (moxele) (Georgian), სახელმწიფო მოსამსახურე (saxelmc̣ipo mosamsaxure) (Georgian), საჯარო მოხელე (saǯaro moxele) (Georgian), საჯარო მოსამსახურე (saǯaro mosamsaxure) (Georgian), სახელმწიფო მოხელე (saxelmc̣ipo moxele) (Georgian), Beamter [masculine] (German), Beamtin [feminine] (German), Funktionär [masculine] (German), Funktionärin [feminine] (German), δημόσιος υπάλληλος (dimósios ypállilos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), עובד מדינה (ovéd m'diná) [masculine] (Hebrew), עובד ציבור (ovéd tsibúr) [masculine] (Hebrew), köztisztviselő (Hungarian), közhivatalnok (Hungarian), közalkalmazott (Hungarian), közszolga (Hungarian), opinber starfsmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), ríkisstarfsmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), pegawai negeri (Indonesian), amtenar [dated] (Indonesian), pamong praja (Indonesian), کارْمَنْدِ دُوْلَت (kârmand-e dowlat) (Iranian Persian), funzionario [masculine] (Italian), 公務員 (kōmuin) (alt: こうむいん) (Japanese), amtenar (Javanese), мемлекеттік қызметкер (memlekettik qızmetker) (Kazakh), 공무원 (gongmuwon) (alt: 公務員) (Korean), мамлекеттик кызматкер (mamlekettik kızmatker) (Kyrgyz), ລັດຖະກອນ (lat tha kǭn) (Lao), valsts ierēdnis [masculine] (Latvian), valdininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), pareigūnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), службеник (službenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), службеничка (službenička) [feminine] (Macedonian), државен службеник (državen službenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), penjawat awam (Malay), fonctionnaithe [feminine, masculine] (Norman), embetsmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), embetsmann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Stautsdeena [masculine] (Plautdietsch), urzędnik państwowy [masculine, person] (Polish), urzędniczka państwowa [feminine] (Polish), funcionário [masculine] (Portuguese), funcionário público [masculine] (Portuguese), servidor público [masculine] (Portuguese), funcționar [masculine] (Romanian), funcționar public [masculine] (Romanian), госуда́рственный слу́жащий (gosudárstvennyj slúžaščij) [masculine] (Russian), госслу́жащий (gosslúžaščij) [masculine] (Russian), чино́вник (činóvnik) [masculine] (Russian), функционе́р (funkcionér) [masculine] (Russian), државни службеник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), državni službenik [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), verejný činiteľ [masculine] (Slovak), štátny zamestnanec [masculine] (Slovak), štátny úradník [masculine] (Slovak), državni uradnik [masculine] (Slovene), funcionario [masculine] (Spanish), mtumishi wa umma (Swahili), ämbetsman [common-gender] (Swedish), tjänsteman (Swedish), lingkod-bayan (Tagalog), хизматчии давлатӣ (xizmatči-yi davlati) (Tajik), ข้าราชการ (kâa-râat-chá-gaan) (Thai), སྲི་ཞུ་བ (sri zhu ba) (Tibetan), memur (Turkish), devlet memuru (Turkish), держа́вний службо́вець (deržávnyj službóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), держслужбо́вець (deržslužbóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), davlat xizmatchisi (Uzbek), công chức (Vietnamese), viên chức (Vietnamese), fonccionaire [feminine, masculine] (Walloon), gwas sifil (Welsh)
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          "text": "Civil servants in the MoT gave a fresh note of caution to the Minister concerning BR's estimates, because those for electrification from Euston had gone from a budgeted £75m to an actual £160m.",
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        ],
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      "word": "civilian"
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      "word": "public servant"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "amptenaar"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nëpunës shteti"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "muwaẓẓaf",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَظَّف"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "muwaẓẓafa",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَظَّفَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "muwaẓẓaf ḥukūmiyy",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَظَّف حُكُومِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "muwaẓẓaf madaniyy",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَظَّف مَدَنِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "muwaḍḍaf",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "موضف"
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    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "muwaḍḍafa",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "موضفة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "petakan caṙayoġ",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "պետական ծառայող"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "məmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "dzjaržáwny slúžačy",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дзяржа́ўны слу́жачы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "dăržáven služítel",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "държа́вен служи́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionària"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servidor públic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "gōngwùyuán",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "公務員 /公务员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "státní úředník"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "embedsmand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "older officially regulated term",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "translation": "older officially regulated term",
      "word": "tjenestemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambtenaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambtenares"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "Suriname",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "landsdienaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "riigiametnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "virkamies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonctionnaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "moxele",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "მოხელე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saxelmc̣ipo mosamsaxure",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "სახელმწიფო მოსამსახურე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saǯaro moxele",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "საჯარო მოხელე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saǯaro mosamsaxure",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "საჯარო მოსამსახურე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saxelmc̣ipo moxele",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "სახელმწიფო მოხელე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beamter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beamtin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Funktionär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Funktionärin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "dimósios ypállilos",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δημόσιος υπάλληλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "ovéd m'diná",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עובד מדינה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "ovéd tsibúr",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עובד ציבור"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "köztisztviselő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "közhivatalnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "közalkalmazott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "közszolga"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opinber starfsmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ríkisstarfsmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "pegawai negeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "amtenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "pamong praja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funzionario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうむいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kōmuin",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "公務員"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "amtenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "memlekettik qızmetker",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "мемлекеттік қызметкер"
    },
    {
      "alt": "公務員",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gongmuwon",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "공무원"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "lang_code": "ky",
      "roman": "mamlekettik kızmatker",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "мамлекеттик кызматкер"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "lat tha kǭn",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "ລັດຖະກອນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valsts ierēdnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valdininkas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pareigūnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "službenik",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "службеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "službenička",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "службеничка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "državen službenik",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "државен службеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "penjawat awam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonctionnaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embetsmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embetsmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "kârmand-e dowlat",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "کارْمَنْدِ دُوْلَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stautsdeena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "urzędnik państwowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urzędniczka państwowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionário público"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servidor público"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcționar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcționar public"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "gosudárstvennyj slúžaščij",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "госуда́рственный слу́жащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "gosslúžaščij",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "госслу́жащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "činóvnik",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чино́вник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "funkcionér",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функционе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "државни службеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "državni službenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verejný činiteľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štátny zamestnanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štátny úradník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "državni uradnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "mtumishi wa umma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ämbetsman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "tjänsteman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "lingkod-bayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "xizmatči-yi davlati",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "хизматчии давлатӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "kâa-râat-chá-gaan",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "ข้าราชการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "lang_code": "bo",
      "roman": "sri zhu ba",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "སྲི་ཞུ་བ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "memur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "devlet memuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "deržávnyj službóvecʹ",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "держа́вний службо́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "deržslužbóvecʹ",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "держслужбо́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "davlat xizmatchisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "công chức"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "viên chức"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonccionaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "government employee",
      "word": "gwas sifil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "civil servant"
}

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