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WordNet 2.0 |
- nonelective government officials |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system. 2. Government officials, collectively. |
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