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func⋅tion⋅ar⋅y

[fuhngk-shuh-ner-ee]
–noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
a person who functions in a specified capacity, esp. in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.

Origin:
1785–95; function + -ary, modeled on F fonctionnaire
func·tion·ar·y   (fŭngk'shə-něr'ē)   
n.   pl. func·tion·ar·ies
One who holds an office or a trust or performs a particular function; an official.

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.
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