noun
- A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
- synonyms: official
Functionary and Operator
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- Mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation. (
- An agent that operates some apparatus or machine.
- usage: "the operator of the switchboard"
- synonyms: manipulator
- Someone who owns or operates a business.
- usage: "who is the operator of this franchise"
- A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.
- synonyms: hustler, wheeler dealer
- A speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets. .
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) One who or that which, operates or produces an effect.
- (n.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand or with instruments.
- (n.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.
- (n.) A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary