Functionary

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA 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.

2.nounA paper-pusher, bean counter.

Synonyms

official employee officer servant functional function federal official office work public officer officiate public servant office

Rhymes With

extraordinary contemporary contrary sanctuary solitary arbitrary wary ordinary

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