c. 1785, originally in reference to non-military staff of the East India Company. Civil servant is from 1800.

General term for all employees in local as well as national government. The hierarchy in the civil service is as follows (from high to low): Permanent Secretary Deputy Secretary Under Secretary Assist [..]

Upper case.

Servicio Civil del Gobierno

A category of employment that includes all employees in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Unites States government, excluding military employees, political appointees, and elect [..]

Civil servants are public employees hired to provide services to the public by federal, state, county, and municipal governments. The legislature provides the methods by which civil servants are selec [..]

the collective term for all employees of government departments.

Some U.S., state, city and parish government jobs are protected under civil service systems which are designed to provide a degree of security to employees and to deter nepotism, political patronage and arbitrary treatment of workers.

A system of government service employment based on merit and examinations rather than on political patronage.           Last Updated:  7/9/2015