CIVIL SERVICE


Meaning of CIVIL SERVICE in English

noun

[ sing. ] the government departments in a country, except the armed forces, and the people who work for them

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: originally applied to the part of the work of the British East India Company performed by staff who did not belong to the army or navy.

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