| civil service n. Abbr. CS 1. Those branches of public service that are not legislative, judicial, or military and in which employment is usually based on competitive examination. 2. The entire body of persons employed by the civil branches of a government. |
civil service
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1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the members of the civil service collectively
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| Noun | 1. |  civil service - government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinationsWhitehall - the British civil service government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government bureaucracy, bureaucratism - nonelective government officials civil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil service |
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