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Word: Bureaucrat
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie (see bureaucracy)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbjʊərəkrat
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs
Short Definition:official in government department
Examples:- the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals
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