Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An official of a bureaucracy.
- noun An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An advocate or supporter of bureaucracy; also, a member of a bureaucracy. Also called
bureaucratist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
official who is part of abureaucracy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
Etymologies
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Examples
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And the irony of that is, the day before -- the Pentagon spokesman said that one reason Secretary Gates wanted the president to get all these individual opinions was to avoid what he called bureaucrat massaging.
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If you think our red tape is formidable, remember Morocco is heavily influenced by the French, who invented the word bureaucrat.
SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000
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If you think our red tape is formidable, remember Morocco is heavily influenced by the French, who invented the word bureaucrat.
SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000
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(an official): The term bureaucrat, while often used in a professional and respectful manner, is oftentimes disdained by those who work in organizations, especially governmental organizations.
Moonbattery 2010
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The terrible fate of the missing bureaucrat is soon revealedleaving all of Italy in shock.
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Whether this UN bureaucrat is re-elected as Secretary General should take a back seat to real human rights and real religious freedom.
Ken Blackwell: No Profile in Courage at UN Ken Blackwell 2010
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Why anyone would believe that some faceless bureaucrat is preferable to any other solution is utterly amazing.
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Whether this UN bureaucrat is re-elected as Secretary General should take a back seat to real human rights and real religious freedom.
Ken Blackwell: No Profile in Courage at UN Ken Blackwell 2010
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The only good bureaucrat is an unemployed bureaucrat.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sabotage! Or How “Dilbert” Won The War 2010
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Thats funny Peetrick, Palin [bureaucrat], as goobernor, got medical care at the expense of the taxpayer, might even still do, and I she wouldnt drop her coverage even if they did create death panels [which was just Bachmann babbling]
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