'Functionary' definitions:
Definition of 'functionary'
From: WordNet
noun
A worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary]
Definition of 'Functionary'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'functionary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- amanuensis,
- baggage agent,
- bureaucrat,
- business agent,
- civil servant,
- claim agent,
- clerk,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- commissioner,
- conductor,
- consignee,
- customer agent,
- driver,
- dupe,
- engineer,
- factor,
- fed,
- Federal,
- federal agent,
- freight agent,
- functionnaire,
- general agent,
- handler,
- implement,
- instrument,
- insurance agent,
- jack-in-office,
- land agent,
- law agent,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- mandarin,
- manipulator,
- news agent,
- office-bearer,
- officeholder,
- officer,
- official,
- officiary,
- operant,
- operative,
- operator,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- petty tyrant,
- pilot,
- placeman,
- press agent,
- public official,
- public servant,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- real estate agent,
- red-tapist,
- runner,
- sales agent,
- secretary,
- special agent,
- station agent,
- steersman,
- steward,
- theatrical agent,
- ticket agent,
- tool,
- travel agent,
- walking delegate