"functionary" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: functionaries [plural]
Etymology: From French fonctionnaire. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|fonctionnaire}} French fonctionnaire Head templates: {{en-noun}} functionary (plural functionaries)
  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. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy): məmur (Azerbaijani), функционер (funkcioner) [masculine] (Bulgarian), длъжностно лице (dlǎžnostno lice) [neuter] (Bulgarian), funcionari [masculine] (Catalan), funcionària [feminine] (Catalan), 官員 (Chinese Mandarin), 官员 (guānyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 公務員 (Chinese Mandarin), 公务员 (gōngwùyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), functionaris [masculine] (Dutch), virkailija (Finnish), fonctionnaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Funktionär [masculine] (German), Funktionärin [feminine] (German), λειτουργός (leitourgós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), funkcionárius [singular] (Hungarian), közhivatalnok [singular] (Hungarian), tisztviselő [singular] (Hungarian), fungsionaris (Indonesian), funzionario [masculine] (Italian), 役人 (yakunin) (alt: やくにん) (Japanese), 公務員 (kōmuin) (alt: こうむいん) (Japanese), атқарымпаз (atqarympaz) (Kazakh), функционе́р (funkcionér) [masculine] (Macedonian), слу́жбеник (slúžbenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), funkcjonariusz [masculine] (Polish), funkcjonariuszka [feminine] (Polish), funcționar [masculine] (Romanian), funcționară [feminine] (Romanian), чино́вник (činóvnik) [masculine] (Russian), чино́вница (činóvnica) [feminine] (Russian), должностно́е лицо́ (dolžnostnóje licó) [neuter] (Russian), официа́льное лицо́ (oficiálʹnoje licó) [neuter] (Russian), функционе́р (funkcionér) [masculine] (Russian), funcionario (Spanish), funcionaria (Spanish), statstjänsteman [common-gender] (Swedish), ämbetsman [common-gender] (Swedish), функціоне́р (funkcionér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), функціоне́рка (funkcionérka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A paper-pusher, bean counter.
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        "A paper-pusher, bean counter."
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          "bean counter"
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  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from French",
    "English undefined derivations",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "3": "fonctionnaire"
      },
      "expansion": "French fonctionnaire",
      "name": "uder"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French fonctionnaire.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "bureaucracy",
          "bureaucracy"
        ],
        [
          "corporate",
          "corporate"
        ],
        [
          "governmental",
          "governmental"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "discretion",
          "discretion"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A paper-pusher, bean counter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paper-pusher",
          "paper-pusher"
        ],
        [
          "bean counter",
          "bean counter"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "məmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "funkcioner",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функционер"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dlǎžnostno lice",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "длъжностно лице"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funcionària"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "官員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānyuán",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "官员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "公務員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngwùyuán",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "公务员"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "functionaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "virkailija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonctionnaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Funktionär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Funktionärin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leitourgós",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λειτουργός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "funkcionárius"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "közhivatalnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "tisztviselő"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "fungsionaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funzionario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やくにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yakunin",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "役人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうむいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōmuin",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "公務員"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "atqarympaz",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "атқарымпаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "funkcionér",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функционе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slúžbenik",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жбеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funkcjonariusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funkcjonariuszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funcționar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funcționară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "činóvnik",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чино́вник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "činóvnica",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чино́вница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolžnostnóje licó",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "должностно́е лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oficiálʹnoje licó",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "официа́льное лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "funkcionér",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функционе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "funcionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "word": "funcionaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "statstjänsteman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ämbetsman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "funkcionér",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функціоне́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "funkcionérka",
      "sense": "a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "функціоне́рка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "functionary"
}

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