civil service

Noun
  1. Government workers;
    Usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations (synset 108374185)
    is a type of: government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
    subtypes: whitehall - the British civil service
    member holonym: civil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil service
    belongs to: bureaucracy, bureaucratism - nonelective government officials

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