mandarin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of MANDARIN

a worker in a government agency <the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms>

Synonyms civil servant, functionary, mandarin, public servant

Related Words clerk, officeholder, official, officiary; employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, underling, worker

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