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an official of some US government departments, such as the fbi

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a male politician who is a member of the government of a city in the US, Canada, or Australia

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a female politician who is a member of the government of a city in the US, Canada, or Australia

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a male politician who has been elected as a member of a US state assembly

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a female politician who has been elected as a member of a US state assembly

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the chancellor of the exchequer

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the leader of the government in some countries, for example Germany and Austria

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the member of the British government who is responsible for taxes and for deciding how the government spends its money

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the political leader of a state in India or of a territory in Australia

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someone whose job is to manage the people who work for a government leader and to advise that leader

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someone who works for a government department

abbreviation

councillor

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an important official in a government, especially someone who is in charge of a particular department

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a member of a commission

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an elected member of the council that governs a city, county etc

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a man who is an elected member of the government of a city in the US

an American spelling of councillor

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a woman who is an elected member of the government of a city in the US

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a government official who is responsible for dealing with a specific problem, especially one that causes a lot of public worry

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an elected member of parliament in some countries, for example France

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a diwan

a government official who decides whether someone accused of a crime by the police should be brought to trial in a court of law

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a lawyer who works for a state or county government in the US and whose job is to bring people accused of crimes to trial

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a senior government official in India, especially the prime minister of a state

the director of public prosecutions

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an official employed by a national government to try to stop the trade in illegal drugs

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the British government minister who is responsible for Britain’s relationships with foreign countries. The US title for a similar job is Secretary of State.

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an official who works for a government or a political party, especially one with unimportant or boring office duties

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an elected official who is the political head of a state in the US

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an official who governs a country or part of a country that is ruled by another state

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an official who is sent by the central government to govern an area of the country

adjective

relating to the position of governor

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someone who works for the government whose job is to visit restaurants and make sure that they are clean and obeying laws about preparing food

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in the UK, the person who is in charge of the home office. The person who has a similar job in the US is called the Attorney General and, in some other countries, the Minister of the Interior.

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a government official whose job is to calculate and collect taxes

the leader of the main political party that opposes the party that forms the British government

a senior member of the British government, who belongs to the Cabinet and is head of the Ministry of Justice

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the leader of the council in some British cities, especially the City of London

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a senior official in the civil service (=government departments). This word often shows that you think officials like these have too much power

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a senior government official in China in the past

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a government officer whose job is to make certain that the laws of a place or orders of a court are obeyed

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the most important elected official in a town or city

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the official position held by a mayor

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a woman mayor

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a woman who is the wife or partner of a mayor

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an official in charge of a government department in the UK and some other countries. The American word is secretary

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an official who represents their government in a foreign country, especially someone whose rank is below that of an ambassador

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someone who has an important job in a government department in the UK

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an important minister in the government of some Indian states

abbreviation

Parliamentary Private Secretary: a member of the British parliament whose job is to help a government minister

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a public official in some countries who has authority over a particular district

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the leader of a Canadian province

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the leader of an Australian state or territory

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the political leader of a country that does not have a king or queen

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someone who has been elected president but has not officially started the position yet

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in Scotland, a lawyer who works for the government and whose job is to decide whether there is enough evidence to put someone on trial for a crime. In England and Wales this work is done by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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the leader of the local council in a Scottish town

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someone who works for the government, especially someone who has been elected

abbreviation

Representative

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a politician who is a member of the US House of Representatives

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the politician in charge of a particular government department

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the politician in charge of a particular government department in the UK

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the senior US politician who deals with relations with other countries

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a male leader in an Arab country. The area or country that he rules is called a sheikdom.

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the member of the US House of Representatives who is elected by the party with a majority of members as their leader

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someone who works for the fbi

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an elected official in a parliament who writes a bill and organizes support for it in order to try get other officials to vote for it

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the US government official who is responsible for issues affecting public health

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a government worker whose job is to check that people or companies are paying the right amount of tax

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an elected official who keeps local records and gives out licences

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in the US, an important government official whose rank is below secretary

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in the UK, a junior government official in a government department

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in the UK, a senior civil servant (=official who is not elected) in a government department

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a vice-president, either of a country or of a corporation

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a senior political leader with the position immediately below that of the president of a country

abbreviation

vice president

adjective

a member of the British government who does not have responsibility for any particular department