Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- an official of a bureaucracy.
- an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.
noun
- an official in a bureaucracy
- an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly
1839, from French bureaucrate (19c.); see bureaucracy.
Someone who works in or controls a bureaucracy. The term is often used negatively to describe a petty, narrow-minded person. (See also conformity and organization man (see also organization man).)