public servant

noun

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

Origin

1670-80

Examples from the web for public servant

Tobias thinks of himself as a humble public servant.
Everyone's favorite axe-wielding, shades-wearing public servant has made the jump from web comic to print.
It is ubiquitous in the lowest ring of the public servant to the higher echelon of the presidency.
Put differently, a public servant has no right to a private life.
They are meant to distract us from what a public servant is hired to do.
So he's actually been a public servant and a good teacher, in that he's opened minds and evoked discussion.
Shriver was the one who had the stuff to come into his own as a political figure and a public servant.
He was a supremely dedicated, incorruptible public servant.
When elected this public servant will give the nation pride and vision once again, in its history, and achievements.
In part, perhaps, because he still thought of himself as a public servant.

British Dictionary definitions for public servant

noun

an elected or appointed holder of a public office

(Austral & NZ) a member of the public service British equivalent civil servant