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Webster 1913 Edition

Functionary

Func′tion-a-ry

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Functionaries

(#)

.

[Cf. F.

fonctionnaire

.]

One charged with the performance of a function or office;

as, a public

functionary

; secular

functionaries

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Functionary

FUNC'TIONARY

,

Noun.

One who holds an office or trust; as a public functionary; secular functionaries.

Definition 2024

functionary

functionary

English

Noun

functionary ‎(plural functionaries)

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.

Translations

a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy

Bulgarian: функционер (bg) m ‎(funkcioner), длъжностно лице n ‎(dlǎžnostno lice)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員 (zh), 官员 (zh) ‎(guānyuán), 公務員 (zh), 公务员 (zh) ‎(gōngwùyuán)
Finnish: virkailija (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m, f
German: Funktionär (de) m, Funktionärin f

Greek: λειτουργός (el) m, f ‎(leitourgós)
Japanese: 役人 (ja) ‎(やくにん, yakunin), 公務員 (ja) ‎(こうむいん, kōmuin)
Russian: чино́вник (ru) m ‎(činóvnik), чино́вница (ru) f ‎(činóvnica), должностно́е лицо́ (ru) n ‎(dolžnostnóje licó), официа́льное лицо́ n ‎(oficiálʹnoje licó), функционе́р (ru) m ‎(funkcionér)