bur|eau|crat

bur|eau|crat
bur|eau|crat «BYUR uh krat», noun.
1. an official in a bureaucracy: »

a knowledgeable and experienced bureaucrat. As the old excuses for foreign aid run out, our bureaucrats invent new ones (Newsweek).

2. a government official who insists on rigid routine.
╂[< French bureaucrat < bureau bureau; patterned on bureaucratie bureaucracy]

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