"government man" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 government man.ogg [Australia] Forms: government men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|government men}} government man (plural government men)
  1. A representative of the government.
    Sense id: en-government_man-en-noun-Hw7DkG9j
  2. A supporter of the government.
    Sense id: en-government_man-en-noun-fHeLktUA
  3. (Australia, euphemistic, obsolete or historical) A convict. Tags: Australia, euphemistic, historical, obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-government_man-en-noun-efF-XHXV Disambiguation of People: 26 25 49 Categories (other): Australian English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 8 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 4 88

Inflected forms

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