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civil service
noun
1.
those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services.
2.
the body of persons employed in these branches.
3.
a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of competitive examinations, rather than by political patronage.
Origin:
1775–85
1775–85
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| civil service | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments |
| 2. | the members of the civil service collectively |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
civil service
c.1785, originally in ref. to non-military staff of the East India Company. Civil servant is from 1800.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
civil service definition
The nonmilitary personnel who work for a government, applying its laws and regulations.
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Example sentences
Yes there is bizarre grand abuses of the taxpayer with unions in civil service jobs.
The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
Another reform bars serving officers from posts in the cabinet or civil service, which they used to dominate.
The reformers wanted an end to patronage hiring in the civil service.
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