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bureaucrat
noun bu·reau·crat \ˈbyu̇r-ə-ˌkrat, ˈbyər-\
: a person who is one of the people who run a government or big company and who does everything according to the rules of that government or company : a person who is part of a bureaucracy
Full Definition of BUREAUCRAT
: a member of a bureaucracy
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First Known Use of BUREAUCRAT
1839
Related to BUREAUCRAT
- Synonyms
- civil servant, functionary, mandarin, public servant
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