public servant

1. 1.

   someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)

   Broaderemployee

   Narrowersocial worker

   election

Questions about public servant

What does public servant mean?

public servant means "someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)".

Is public servant a common word?

public servant 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.