Usually means: Employee serving the community's needs.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word public servant:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. public servant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. public servant: Merriam-Webster
  3. public servant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. public servant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. public servant: Collins English Dictionary
  6. public servant: Vocabulary.com
  7. public servant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. public servant: Wiktionary
  9. public servant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. public servant: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. public servant: Dictionary.com
  12. Public servant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. public servant: Rhymezone
  14. public servant: FreeDictionary.org
  15. public servant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. public servant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. public servant: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. public servant: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public servant)

▸ noun:  A person employed by the government.
▸ noun:  (historical) Someone who labours for the public good; a convict assigned to work on public projects.

Similar:
civil servant, public officer, public service, government man, officialdom, federal official, public office, officer, civil service, serviceman, more...

Opposite:
private citizen, civilian

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Similar:
civil servant, public officer, public service, government man, officialdom, federal official, public office, officer, civil service, serviceman, more...

Opposite:
private citizen, civilian



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