[f. FUNCTION sb. + -ARY1, after F. fonctionnaire.] One invested with a function; one who has certain functions or duties to perform; an official.
1791. Burke, Th. French Affairs, Wks. VII. 19. Their republick is to have a first functionary, (as they call him) under the name of king, or not, as they think fit.
1816. J. Scott, Vis. Paris (ed. 5), Preface, p. lxi. Several houses have been burnt, and an unfortunate functionary cut to pieces.
1844. Dickens, Mart. Chuz. (C. D. ed.), 195. A female functionary, a nurse.
1879. Froude, Cæsar, xviii. 303. The old magistrates went out of office, and Rome was left again without legitimate functionaries to carry on the government.
