#functionary__official a worker who holds or is invested with an office
supertype: skilled_worker__skilledworker__trained_worker__trainedworker a worker who has acquired special skills
subtype: appointee an official who is appointed
subtype: placeman__placeseeker (British) a disparaging term for an appointee
subtype: bailiff an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
subtype: beadle a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
subtype: bureaucrat__administrative_official an official of a bureaucracy
subtype: procurator (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman emperor to manage finance and taxes
subtype: tax_assessor__taxassessor an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
subtype: lister assessor who makes out the tax lists
subtype: tax_collector__taxcollector__taxman__exciseman__collector_of_internal_revenue__internal_revenue_agent someone who collects taxes for the government
subtype: taxer a bureaucrat who levies taxes
subtype: caretaker.functionary an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
subtype: censor a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
subtype: census_taker__enumerator someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
subtype: church_officer a church official
subtype: churchwarden an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
subtype: Protestant_deacon__deacon a Protestant layman who assists the minister
subtype: deaconess__deacones a woman deacon
subtype: elder any of various church officers
subtype: presbyter an elder in the Presbyterian Church
subtype: sexton__sacristan an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
subtype: verger a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
subtype: vestryman a man who is a member of a church vestry
subtype: vestrywoman a woman who is a member of a church vestry
subtype: city_father an important municipal official
subtype: civil_servant__civilservant a public official who is a member of the civil service
subtype: political_commissar__politicalcommissar__commissar an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
subtype: Comptroller_General a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government
subtype: Comptroller_of_the_Currency.functionary__comptrollerofthecurrency a United States federal official who regulates the national banks
subtype: diplomatist an official engaged in international negotiations
subtype: embassador__ambassador a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
subtype: ambassadress a woman ambassador
instance: Andrei_Andreyevich_Gromyko__Gromyko__gromyko__Andrei_Gromyko
subtype: charge_d'affaires the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
subtype: consul a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
subtype: envoy_extraordinary__envoyextraordinary__envoy__minister_plenipotentiary a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
subtype: high_commissioner a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
subtype: internuncio (Roman Catholic) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
subtype: diplomatic_minister__minister a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
subtype: nuncio (Roman Catholic) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
subtype: persona_grata__personagrata a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent
subtype: persona_non_grata a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
subtype: plenipotentiary a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
instance: Ralph_Johnson_Bunche__Bunche__Ralph_Bunche John_Foster_Dulles__Dulles John_Kenneth_Galbraith__Galbraith__John_Galbraith Edmund_Charles_Edouard_Genet__Genet__Citizen_Genet Dag_Hjalmar_Agne_Carl_Hammarskjold__Hammarskjold__Dag_Hammarskjold William_Averell_Harriman__Harriman__Averell_Harriman Townsend_Harris__Harris Cordell_Hull__Hull John_Jay__Jay Henry_Alfred_Kissinger__Kissinger__Henry_Kissinger Le_Duc_Tho Vicomte_Ferdinand_Marie_de_Lesseps__Lesseps__Ferdinand_de_Lesseps Trygve_Halvden_Lie__Lie__Trygve_Lie Sir_Harold_George_Nicolson__Nicolson__Harold_Nicolson Thomas_Nelson_Page__Page Anna_Eleanor_Roosevelt__Roosevelt__Eleanor_Roosevelt Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson__Stevenson__Adlai_Stevenson Kurt_Waldheim__Waldheim
subtype: elected_official__electedofficial official who won the office in a free election
subtype: lame_duck an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
subtype: lieutenant_governor an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the US
subtype: selectman an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
subtype: selectwoman an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
subtype: equerry.functionary an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
subtype: fire_marshall an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
subtype: fire_warden__forest_fire_fighter__ranger an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
subtype: hearing_examiner__hearingexaminer__hearing_officer__hearingofficer an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
subtype: holdover__hangover an official who remains in office after his term
subtype: incumbent__officeholder the official who holds an office
subtype: office-bearer (British) the person who holds an office
subtype: Inquisitor an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
subtype: Grand_Inquisitor director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
instance: Francisco_Jimenez_de_Cisneros__Jimenez_de_Cisneros Tomas_de_Torquemada__Torquemada
subtype: invalidator__voider__nullifier an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"
subtype: judge__justice__jurist__magistrate a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
subtype: chief_justice__chiefjustice the judge who presides over a supreme court
instance: John_Marshall__Marshall Roger_Brooke_Taney__Taney__Roger_Taney
subtype: Daniel a wise and upright judge; "a Daniel come to judgment" -- Shakespeare
subtype: doge formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
subtype: justice_of_the_peace a local magistrate with limited powers
subtype: justiciar__justiciary (British) formerly a high judicial officer
subtype: ordinary.judge a judge of a probate court
subtype: praetor__pretor an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
subtype: recorder (British) a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
subtype: stipendiary_magistrate__stipendiarymagistrate__stipendiary (British) paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
subtype: trial_judge__trialjudge a judge in a trial court
subtype: trier one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
instance: Samson
subtype: licenser a official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)
subtype: macebearer__mace__macer an official who carries a mace of office
subtype: mandarin.functionary any high government official or bureaucrat
subtype: notary_public__notary someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
subtype: noticer someone who give formal notice
subtype: officeholder__officer someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"
subtype: probation_officer__probationofficer the officer of the court who supervises probationers
subtype: sergeant_at_arms__serjeant-at-arms an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
subtype: federal_agent__federalagent__agent any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
subtype: Indian_agent a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
subtype: Federal__Fed__federal_official__federalofficial any federal law-enforcement officer
subtype: trustbuster a federal agent who engages in trust busting
subtype: postmaster_general the official in charge of the national postal service
subtype: proconsul.functionary an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
subtype: quaestor any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
subtype: recruiter an official who enlists personnel for military service
subtype: recruiting-sergeant a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
subtype: record-keeper__registrar__recorder someone responsible for keeping records
subtype: regulator.functionary a official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
subtype: sealer an official who affixes a seal to a document
subtype: searcher a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
subtype: teller__vote_counter an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
subtype: convasser a person who takes or counts votes
subtype: town_clerk the official who keeps a town's records
subtype: doorkeeper__usher an official doorkeeper as in a courtroom or legislative chamber
subtype: vizier a high official in a Moslem government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
subtype: weigher an official who weighs and records the weight
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