bureaucrat

bu·reau·crat

noun \ˈbyu̇r-ə-ˌkrat, ˈbyər-\

Definition of BUREAUCRAT

: a member of a bureaucracy

Examples of BUREAUCRAT

1. <the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house>

First Known Use of BUREAUCRAT

1839

Related to BUREAUCRAT

Synonyms: civil servant, functionary, mandarin, public servant

Related Words: clerk, officeholder, official, officiary; employee (also employe), hand, hireling, jobholder, underling, worker

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Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with BUREAUCRAT

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