Associations to the word «Functionary»

Wiktionary

FUNCTIONARY, noun. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.

Dictionary definition

FUNCTIONARY, noun. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn