functionary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French fonctionnaire.

Noun[edit]

functionary (plural functionaries)

  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 not required.
  2. A paper-pusher, bean counter.

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