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Old 05-16-2014, 11:17 PM   #13
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I think the pejorative tone implies the second definition in these common definitions bureaucrat, but of course you knew that...


bu·reau·crat (byo͝or′ə-krăt′)
n.
1. An official of a bureaucracy.

2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.


bu′reau·crat′ic adj.

bu′reau·crat′i·cal·ly adv.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

bureaucrat (ˈbjʊərəˌkræt)
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an official in a bureaucracy

2. an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly
bureaucratism n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

bu•reau•crat (ˈbyʊər əˌkræt)

n.
1. an official of a bureaucracy.

2. an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.

[1835–45; < French bureaucrate. See -crat]

bu`reau•crat′ic, adj.

bu`reau•crat′i•cal•ly, adv.

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