Words in the News: Civil Servant.

The Daily Telegraph reports that under-performing civil servants will be identified and fired.

VOCABULARY

A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.

 • Another 3800 civil servants are being told their jobs are on the line because of federal budget cuts.

From: TheEnglishBlog.