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bureaucrat

Pronunciation: /ˈbjʊərəkrat/

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Definition of bureaucrat

noun

an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people’s needs: the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals