bureaucrat
pronunciation
How to pronounce bureaucrat in British English:
UK [ˈbjʊərəkræt]
How to pronounce bureaucrat in American English:
US [ˈbjʊrəkræt]
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- Noun:
- an official of a bureaucracy
Word Origin
- bureaucrat (n.)
- 1839, from French bureaucrate (19c.); see bureaucracy.
Example
- 1. And why should something so fundamental depend on a bureaucrat 's whim ?
- 2. It is impossible to imagine any of those designs being dreamed up by a beijing bureaucrat .
- 3. A gray 53-year-old bureaucrat with nicotine-stained fingers and a shiny suit , he was visibly drunk .
- 4. Every state has a cricket association , often led by the state 's chief minister or some other influential politician or bureaucrat .
- 5. The law makes a job for yet another bureaucrat to oversee the vast program - is this change we can believe in ?