Sentence:  Whitlam redefined the Labor Party as the party of Deakinite liberalism and the natural home of good <WSD>public servants</WSD> like his father. He was, he said, the first Prime Minister of Australia who had lived in Canberra, ‘the son of a great <WSD>public servant</WSD>, among whose colleagues were great <WSD>public servants</WSD>'. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person employed by the government; a civil servant. (from 17th c.)