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funcionario

Definitions of funcionario
  1. noun
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office
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    examples:
    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
    wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
    types:
    alguacil, esbirro
    an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
    bedel
    a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
    burócrata
    an official of a bureaucracy
    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
    censista
    someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
    funcionario público
    a public official who is a member of the civil service
    comisario, comisario político
    an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
    diplomático
    an official engaged in international negotiations
    caballerizo del rey
    an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
    titular
    the official who holds an office
    juez, magistrado, regente
    a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
    macero
    an official who carries a mace of office
    notario
    someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
    cargo
    someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
    agente federal
    any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
    Director General de Correos
    the official in charge of the national postal service
    procónsul
    an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
    fiscal
    a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    registrador
    someone responsible for keeping records
    regulador
    an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
    escrutador
    an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
    secretario del ayuntamiento
    the official who keeps a town's records
    portero, ujier
    an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
    visir
    a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
    embajador
    a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
    encargado de negocios
    the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
    Presidente del Tribunal Supremo
    the judge who presides over a supreme court
    cónsul
    a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
    diácono
    a Protestant layman who assists the minister
    dux
    formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
    anciano
    any of various church officers
    ministro plenipotenciario
    a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
    alto comisario
    a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank
    agente indio
    a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
    internuncio
    (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
    ministro diplomático
    a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
    nuncio, nuncio apostólico
    (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
    oficial federal
    any federal law-enforcement officer
    persona grata
    a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent
    persona non grata
    a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
    plenipotenciario
    a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
    pretor
    an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
    procurador
    (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
    sargento de reclutamiento
    a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
    sacristán
    an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
    tasador
    an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
    recaudador de impuestos
    someone who collects taxes for the government
    rapavelas
    a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
    type of:
    oficial
    a worker who has acquired special skills
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