(civil service)
1Civil Service F.C. — Civil Service F.C. Full name Civil Service Football Club Union Football Association Rugby Football Union Nickname(s) War Office Founded pre 1863 Civil Service F.C. is an English …
2Civil service — (Royaume Uni) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Service civil (homonymie).  Pour les autres articles nationaux, voir Fonction publique …
3civil service — n. The professional staff and workers of a government. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. civil service in the …
4Civil service — Civil Civ il, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. [1913 Webster] 2. Subject to… …
5civil service — ˌcivil ˈservice noun the civil service the government departments of a country and the people who work for them : • Before taking up his present job, he used to work in the civil service. * * * civil service UK US noun [S] GOVERNMENT ► the… …
6Civil Service — [ sɪvɪl səːvɪs, englisch] der, , 1) in Großbritannien der öffentliche Verwaltungsdienst der Krone (ohne Richter und Lehrer); die Bediensteten der Lokalverwaltungen zählen nicht zum Civil Service, der seit 1855 durch viele Kabinettsbefehle… …
7civil service — n the civil service the government departments that manage the affairs of the country …
8civil service — c.1785, originally in reference to non military staff of the East India Company. Civil servant is from 1800 …
9civil service — n. [orig. applied to the civilian staff of the British East India Company] 1. all those employed in government administration except in the armed forces, legislature, or judiciary 2. any government service in which a position is secured through… …
10civil service — ► NOUN ▪ the branches of state administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians …
