civil service Hear it!

civil service definition

civil service

  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

Etymology: orig. applied to the civilian staff of the British East India Company

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.
Related Discussions (1)
TopicRepliesLatest Post
Find word that would be on the Civil Service test174 months ago

Browse Forums