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Definition of Government officials
1. Noun. People elected or appointed to administer a government.
Group relationships: Authorities, Government, Regime
Generic synonyms: Administration, Brass, Establishment, Governance, Governing Body, Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Civil Service, Bureaucracy, Bureaucratism
Derivative terms: Official
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Literary usage of Government officials
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1. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"The late Mr. Mortimer Collins put into the mouth of one of his characters a
condemnation of men government officials like Sir Arthur Helps, Mr. Trollope, ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"... Position of government officials and Municipal Functionaries during Occupation.
although they must suffer for acts or omissions of others, ..."
3. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha ( Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American Library Association (1908)
"US government officials US — Congress. Biographical congressional directory, 1774
to 1903; the Continental congress, Sept. 5, 1774 to Oct. 21, ..."
4. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"But the main charge—that US government officials had continued to provide lethal
aid to the Contras despite the Boland Amendment—was accurate. ..."
5. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Embassy officers met with high-level government officials and conducted active
measures to assist in resolving outstanding complaints of religious ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The bureaucracy of government officials lost its head and acted in a cowardly
manner. The people were apathetic. The king, however, made some resistance, ..."
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