government department

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   a department of government

   Broaderdepartment

   Narrowerministrytreasurylocal departmentSpecial BranchState Departmentfederal departmentadmiralty

   Part ofgovernment

   Partsinstrumentality

Questions about government department

What does government department mean?

government department means "a department of government".

Is government department a common word?

government department is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.