the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An advocate or supporter of bureaucracy; also, a member of a bureaucracy. Also called bureaucratist.
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n. an official of a bureaucracy
Word Usage
"And the irony of that is, the day before -- the Pentagon spokesman said that one reason Secretary Gates wanted the president to get all these individual opinions was to avoid what he called bureaucrat massaging."