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Functionary

//ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃn̩.(ə)ri// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 minimal or not required.

    "Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik"

  2. 2
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office wordnet
  3. 3
    Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.

    "Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter"

Etymology

From French fonctionnaire; by surface analysis, function + -ary.

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