public servant

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pub′lic serv′ant, 

1. Government a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment;
   person in public service.

• 1670–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

public servant noun

1. an elected or appointed holder of a public office
2. a member of the public service
   British equivalent: civil servant