bureaucrat
noun/ˈbjʊərəkræt/
/ˈbjʊrəkræt/
(often disapproving)- an official working in an organization or a government department, especially one who follows the rules of the department too strictly
- He was just another faceless bureaucrat.
- battles between political appointees and career bureaucrats
- We got caught up in the endless red tape of local bureaucrats.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faceless
- corrupt
- unelected
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie, from bureau, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.Want to learn more?
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