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
He said the laws were created by interferingbureaucrats.
Synonyms and related words
Assistants, helpers and secretaries
accomplice
acolyte
administrative assistant
bureaucrat
noun countable showing disapproval
US /ˈbjʊrəˌkræt/
Word Forms
singular
bureaucrat
plural
bureaucrats
DEFINITIONS1
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
He said the laws were created by interferingbureaucrats.