Bureaucrat

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  • noun. An official of a bureaucracy.
  • noun. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An advocate or supporter of bureaucracy; also, a member of a bureaucracy. Also called bureaucratist.
    • 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.
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  • noun. An official who is part of a bureaucracy
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  • noun. an official of a bureaucracy
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    functionary  official  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    assessor  bean counter  collector of internal revenue  exciseman  internal revenue agent  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    administrator  adviser  aide  analyst  bureaucracy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    office  
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