functionary

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Noun

functionary (plural functionaries)

1. 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 not required.
2. A paper-pusher, bean counter.

Translations

• French: fonctionnaire
• German: Funktionär, Funktionärin
• Russian: чино́вник

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