Associations to the word «Functionary»

Wiktionary

FUNCTIONARY, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

FUNCTIONARY, noun. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley