Hypertext Webster Gateway: "functionary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Functionary \Func"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Functionaries}. [Cf. F.
fonctionnaire.]
One charged with the performance of a function or office; as,
a public functionary; secular functionaries.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
functionary
n : a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: {official}]
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