FUNCTIONARY


Meaning of FUNCTIONARY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

state

The bourgeoisie became a source of state functionaries as the sale of offices increased to pay for the ever-growing cost of armies.

Lenin accepted that socialism would be a form of state , but with a different mode of organizing state functionaries .

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In this interpretation, information specialists were functionaries who merely implemented the decisions of top management.

It was a town of magistrates and lawyers, of government functionaries and landed nobles.

On Dec. 8 the State Council abolished a regulation which required public functionaries to be subjected to a security investigation.

On our wish-list, needless to say, we would name only serious writers, rather than hacks or functionaries.

The bourgeoisie became a source of state functionaries as the sale of offices increased to pay for the ever-growing cost of armies.

There were very few functionaries, however mean, who would stoop to inquire into the maintenance of toilets.

They furnished the Temple with its dignitaries and functionaries.

They include parchment and paper rolls prepared by receivers, manorial court officials and other functionaries.

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