Definition of functionary in English English dictionary
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
A functionary is a person whose job is to do administrative work, especially for a government or a political party. functionaries someone who has a job doing unimportant or boring official duties
One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries