functionary

Meanings

Plural: functionaries

Noun

a worker who holds or is invested with an office
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 minimal or not required.
Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.

Origin / Etymology

From French fonctionnaire; by surface analysis, function + -ary.

Synonyms

official

Scrabble Score: 19

functionary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
functionary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
functionary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

functionary is a valid Words With Friends word