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Meaning of functionary

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

functionary

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A paper-pusher, bean counter.