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Definition bureaucrat in British English
bureaucrat
noun
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noun
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ˈbjʊərəˌkræt/
1
someone who is employed to help run an office or government department. This word can suggest that you do not like people like this because you think they have too much power and care too much about rules and systems
Example
He said the laws were created by interfering bureaucrats.
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