bureaucrat

[ byoo r-uh-krat ]

/ ˈbyʊər əˌkræt /

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noun

an official of a bureaucracy.

an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.

Origin of bureaucrat

From the French word bureaucrate, dating back to 1835–45. See bureau, -crat

OTHER WORDS FROM bureaucrat

bu·reau·crat·ism

[byoo r-uh-krat-iz-uh m, byoo-rok-ruh-tiz-] /ˈbyʊər ə krætˌɪz əm, byʊˈrɒk rəˌtɪz-/, noun

Words nearby bureaucrat

bureau of internal revenue, bureau of land management, bureau of mines, bureau of the census, bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratese, bureaucratic, bureaucratize, burelé, burette

Example sentences from the Web for bureaucrat

He concentrates on a handful of characters that includes a doctor, a bureaucrat, a criminal, a priest, and a journalist.

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After all, there will always be a bureaucrat, politician, or judge eager to set the limits on what is unacceptably offensive.

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But one kinda doubts a bureaucrat would lie and then demand a retraction.

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In another, the bureaucrat Maligin is afraid of standing out.

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A bureaucrat goes into a library one day and pulls a poem off a shelf, and it changes the world.

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This bureaucrat was continually refusing Roosevelt's applications because they were irregular.

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If I had known of the order, short work would have been made of the bureaucrat who issued it.

Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt
The bureaucrat inevitably cares more for routine than for results.

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His rule will be that of thought and of commerce, not that of the bureaucrat and the soldier.

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A slow smile spread itself over the ample features of the bureaucrat.

The Lonely Unicorn |Alec Waugh

British Dictionary definitions for bureaucrat

bureaucrat

/ (ˈbjʊərəˌkræt) /

noun

an official in a bureaucracy

an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly

Derived forms of bureaucrat

bureaucratism (bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtɪzəm), noun

Cultural definitions for bureaucrat

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 (see also organization man).)

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