|
|
Definition of Functionary
1. Noun. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
Specialized synonyms: Apparatchik, Appointee, Bailiff, Beadle, Administrative Official, Bureaucrat, Caretaker, Censor, Census Taker, Enumerator, Church Officer, City Father, Civil Servant, Commissar, Political Commissar, Comptroller General, Comptroller Of The Currency, Diplomat, Diplomatist, Elected Official, Equerry, Fire Marshall, Fire Warden, Forest Fire Fighter, Ranger, Hearing Examiner, Hearing Officer, Hangover, Holdover, Incumbent, Officeholder, Inquisitor, Invalidator, Nullifier, Voider, Judge, Jurist, Justice, Licenser, Mace, Macebearer, Macer, Mandarin, Notary, Notary Public, Noticer, Officeholder, Officer, Agent, Federal Agent, Provincial, Postmaster General, Proconsul, Prosecuting Attorney, Prosecuting Officer, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor, Quaestor, Recruiter, Record-keeper, Recorder, Registrar, Regulator, Returning Officer, Sealer, Searcher, Teller, Vote Counter, Town Clerk, Doorkeeper, Usher, Vizier, Weigher
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Function, Officialdom
Definition of Functionary
1. n. One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
Definition of Functionary
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Functionary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Functionary
Literary usage of Functionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Official depredation has place in BO far as any public functionary avails himself
of the power or influence possessed by him by means of his office, ..."
2. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"The Indian Prophet — An Important Functionary— AB with the Ancient Jews — Was
the Oracle of " All Mystery" — False Prophets— Chiefs had Their Prophets— ..."
3. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"... tried and punished only by the consul, or other public functionary of the
United States thereto authorized, according to the laws of the United States. ..."
4. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1894)
"The Pope a feudatory a —The Pope installed as a functionary at Paris, ; spiritual
matters.—Fflm of this for Italy. ..."
Other Resources:
