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one who works for a civil service; that is, one who works within a branch of government administration other than legislative, judicial, or military. Civil servants are not elected or appointed; they are hired based on merit, often as judged by an exam.
One of the civil servants works for the Department of Education, and the other works for the Department of Labor. |
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