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English noun: civil service

1. civil service (group) government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations


Broader (hypernym)government officials, officialdom


Narrower (hyponym)Whitehall


Member holonymcivil servant


Member meronymbureaucracy, bureaucratism









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