Antonyms for functionary

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fuhngk-shuh-ner-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌŋk ʃəˌnɛr i

employee

Definition of functionary

Origin : "one who has a certain function," 1791, from or patterned on French fonctionnaire, a word of the Revolution; from Old French function (see function).

As in officer : noun person who has high position in
As in official : noun person representing organization
As in bureaucrat : noun government official
As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business

Example sentences :

He pressed the button on his desk, and, as the doorman appeared, addressed that functionary.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Justice Parsons, of Gloucester, was a functionary of this sort.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

"It is always as the good patriot says," observed the functionary.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Crawling in after the functionary, Jack handed him the letter.
Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne

The functionary who is called Alcayde of the carcel at Havana confused the men.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Half an hour's walk brought him there, and the functionary was at home.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

Opposite to this functionary was a bench whereon the witnesses were placed.
Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds

I do not know if this be true, but of the functionary we might say as often as not, he does not think, he is thought.
Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet

It means, of course, when the functionary in question is a man who has his wits about him.
Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

His own clothes were at once appropriated by that functionary, who carried them into his cabin.
Extract from : « Eric, or Little by Little » by Frederic W. Farrar

Synonyms for functionary

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