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bureaucrat

  • /ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/ UK
  • /ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/ US

noun bureaucrats

  1. 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 administra
  2. 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

Similar: administrator, bureaucrat, clerk, mandarin, paper-pusher, pen-pusher, pencil pusher

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noun an official in a bureaucracy

Españolburócrata
한국어관료 gwallyo
日本語官僚 kanryō
中文官僚 guānliáo
हिन्दीनौकरशाह naukraśāh, अफ़सर afsar, अफसर aphsar
Portuguêsburocrata
Françaisbureaucrate
DeutschBürokrat, Bürokratin
Italianoburocrate
Ελληνικάγραφειοκράτης grafeiokrátis
Românăbirocrat, birocrată
Русскийбюрокра́т bjurokrát
Tiếng Việtkẻ quan liêu
العربيةبِيرُوقْرَاطِيّ bīruqrāṭiyy

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@misc{bureaucrat_2026,
  title = {bureaucrat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bureaucrat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}