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functionaries

functionaries is the plural of functionary.

Meaning of functionary

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 minimal or not required.
    • Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
  2. 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

Questions about functionaries

What is functionaries the plural of?
Functionaries is the plural of functionary.

Words near functionaries in the dictionary

  1. functionalizes
  2. functionalizing
  3. functionally
  4. functionally complete
  5. functionals
  6. functionaries
  7. functionarism
  8. functionary
  9. functionaryism
  10. functionate
  11. functionated

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