functionary

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English

Etymology

From French fonctionnaire; by surface analysis, function +‎ -ary.

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Noun

functionary (plural functionaries)

  2. 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 minimal or not required.
    Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
  4. Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
    Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter

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