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noun
1.
an official of a bureaucracy.
2.
an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.
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Word Origin & History
bureaucrat
1842, from Fr. bureaucrate (19c.); see bureaucracy.
EXPAND"bureaucrat, &c. The formation is so barbarous that all attempt at self-respect in pronunciation may perhaps as well be abandoned." [Fowler]
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Cultural Dictionary
bureaucrat [(byoor-uh-krat)]Someone who works in or controls a bureaucracy. The term is often used negatively to describe a petty, narrow-minded person. (See also conformity and organization man.)
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