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Civil Service

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Noun

1. civil service

government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Civil Service

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noun
1. 
the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments
2. 
the members of the civil service collectively

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Civil Service

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1. 
all those employed in government administration except in the armed forces, legislature, or judiciary
2. 
any government service in which a position is secured through competitive public examination

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Civil Service

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n. Abbr. CS
1. Those branches of public service that are not legislative, judicial, or military and in which employment is usually based on competitive examination.
2. The entire body of persons employed by the civil branches of a government.

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