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bureaucrat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/ (General-American)
/ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat From French bureaucrate, equivalent to bureau + -crat.

Meanings

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
- Coristine, who had signed onto the telemeeting using a non-government email address, gave the bureaucrats swift marching orders, telling them he needed access to the federal department’s contract and payment systems before reportedly making them justify their jobs at the $1 billion-budget administration. 2025 February 7, Josie Ensor, “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover”, in The Times, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026:
- At the Oval Office signing ceremony, Musk responded to critiques that he’s become the very thing he claims to be fighting — an unelected bureaucrat with enormous power — by pointing to the 2024 results: “You couldn’t ask for a stronger mandate from the public.” 2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2025:
(qualifier:wiki jargon) A user on a wiki with the right to change users' access levels.
- One of three major processes is generally used: a bureaucrat review, a broader community review, or an approvals group review. As only local bureaucrats or Wikimedia stewards can grant the bot flag necessary to operate an authorized bot, the simplest method is to appeal directly to these individuals. 2014, Pnina Fichman, Noriko Hara, editors, Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 18:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
bureaucrats	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (66)

ca buròcrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · tk býurokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · ur ضابِطَہ پَرَسْت (an official in a bureaucracy) · nl bureaucraat (an official in a bureaucracy) · da bureaukrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · hy բյուրոկրատ (an official in a bureaucracy) · sk byrokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · tg бюрократ (an official in a bureaucracy) · ro birocrată (an official in a bureaucracy) · fr bureaucrate (an official in a bureaucracy) · hi अफ़सर (an official in a bureaucracy) · yi ביוראָקראַט (an official in a bureaucracy) · ug بيۇروكرات (an official in a bureaucracy) · fa بوروکرات (an official in a bureaucracy) · sk byrokratka (an official in a bureaucracy) · fi byrokraatti (an official in a bureaucracy) · ga maorlathaí (an official in a bureaucracy) · id birokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · uk бюрокра́тка (an official in a bureaucracy) · az bürokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · kk бюрократ (an official in a bureaucracy) · ro birocrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · sh биро̀крат (an official in a bureaucracy) · sv byråkrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · lt biurokratas (an official in a bureaucracy) · cs byrokratka (an official in a bureaucracy) · es burócrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · ru бюрокра́т (an official in a bureaucracy) · sl birokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · hi अफसर (an official in a bureaucracy) · ky бюрократ (an official in a bureaucracy) · be бюракра́т (an official in a bureaucracy) · ja 官僚 (an official in a bureaucracy) · ar بِيرُوقْرَاطِيّ (an official in a bureaucracy) · lv birokrāts (an official in a bureaucracy) · de Bürokratin (an official in a bureaucracy) · uk бюрокра́т (an official in a bureaucracy) · cs byrokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · et bürokraat (an official in a bureaucracy) · gl burócrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · eo burokrato (an official in a bureaucracy) · be бюракра́тка (an official in a bureaucracy) · ko 관료 (an official in a bureaucracy) · hu bürokrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · vi kẻ quan liêu (an official in a bureaucracy) · mk бирокра́т (an official in a bureaucracy) · pt burocrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · sh biròkrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · uz byurokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · pl biurokrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · de Bürokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · ast burócrata (an official in a bureaucracy) · nb byråkrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · is kerfiskarl (an official in a bureaucracy) · bg бюрокра́т (an official in a bureaucracy) · hi नौकरशाह (an official in a bureaucracy) · el γραφειοκράτης (an official in a bureaucracy) · ms birokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · cmn 官僚 (an official in a bureaucracy) · yue 官僚 (an official in a bureaucracy) · kk шенеуніксымақ (an official in a bureaucracy) · ka ბიუროკრატი (an official in a bureaucracy) · sq burokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · tr bürokrat (an official in a bureaucracy) · it burocrate (an official in a bureaucracy) · mk чиновник (an official in a bureaucracy)

bureaucrat en · NOUN

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