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

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus