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Definitions for BUREAUCRAT
ˈbyʊər əˌkrætbu·reau·crat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bureaucrat, administrative officialnoun

    an official of a bureaucracy

Wiktionary

  1. bureaucratnoun

    An official who is part of a bureaucracy

  2. Etymology: From bureaucrate.

Wikipedia

  1. Bureaucrat

    A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. The term bureaucrat derives from "bureaucracy", which in turn derives from the French "bureaucratie" first known from the 18th century. Bureaucratic work had already been performed for many centuries. In countries such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, bureaucrats are known to be the officials that run the government sector at administrative levels as well as ministerial levels and also they are known as executives that run the corporate sector at managerial and directorial level.

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  1. bureaucrat

    A bureaucrat is a government official or administrator who is part of a system or administrative policy-making group known as bureaucracy. They follow strict rules and procedures in their work and are responsible for managing tasks related to public administrations, services, and departments.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bureaucratnoun

    an official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine

Wikidata

  1. Bureaucrat

    A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can comprise the administration of any organization of any size, though the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. Bureaucrat jobs were often "desk jobs", though the modern bureaucrat may be found "in the field" as well as in an office.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BUREAUCRAT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BUREAUCRAT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of BUREAUCRAT in a Sentence

  1. Alben W. Barkley, U.S Vice President (1949-1953):

    A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

  2. William Bao Bean:

    In any sort of market, you want the experts making the decisions, not some technocrat or bureaucrat, you don't tend to see too many successful companies come out of a government-based decision-making process.

  3. Brooks Atkinson:

    The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

  4. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

    It is also possible that a comet will hit planet Earth, (But) I don't believe that any sensible European bureaucrat or politician will go down that road.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    That's why the last thing any commander should need to worry about is the grades he is getting from some plush-bottomed Pentagon bureaucrat for political correctness or social experiments -- or providing gluten-free MREs.

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