A public servant is a person who is appointed or elected to a public office, for example working for a local or state government. A person who holds a government position by election or appointment. someone who works for the government, especially someone who is elected
() The convict sense was one of several euphemisms for convicts, the Australian National Dictionary Centre (at the Australian National University) dates it to 1797, but by 1812 it had expanded to any government labourer.