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It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder.
Bob Ney

Meaning of "bureaucrat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUREAUCRAT

bureaucrat  [ˈbjʊərəˌkræt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUREAUCRAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bureaucrat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUREAUCRAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bureaucrat

A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, though the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. Bureaucrat jobs were often "desk jobs", though the modern bureaucrat may be found "in the field" as well as in an office.

Definition of bureaucrat in the English dictionary

The definition of bureaucrat in the dictionary is an official in a bureaucracy. Other definition of bureaucrat is an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUREAUCRAT


aristocrat
ˈærɪstəˌkræt
autocrat
ˈɔːtəˌkræt
cosmocrat
ˈkɒzməˌkræt
democrat
ˈdɛməˌkræt
eurocrat
ˈjʊərəˌkræt
gerontocrat
dʒɛˈrɒntəˌkræt
hierocrat
ˈhaɪərəˌkræt
millocrat
ˈmɪləˌkræt
mobocrat
ˈmɒbəˌkræt
ochlocrat
ˈɒkləˌkræt
pantisocrat
pænˈtɪsəˌkræt
pedantocrat
pɪˈdæntəˌkræt
phallocrat
ˈfæləˌkræt
plutocrat
ˈpluːtəˌkræt
privocrat
ˈpraɪvəˌkræt
slavocrat
ˈsleɪvəˌkræt
stratocrat
ˈstrætəˌkræt
superbureaucrat
ˈsuːpərˌbjʊərəˌkræt
thalassocrat
θəˈlæsəˌkræt
theocrat
ˈθɪəˌkræt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUREAUCRAT

burdock
bureau
bureau de change
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Prisons
bureaucracies
bureaucracy
bureaucratese
bureaucratic
bureaucratically
bureaucratisation
bureaucratise
bureaucratism
bureaucratist
bureaucratization
bureaucratize
bureaux
bureaux de change
buret
burette

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUREAUCRAT

Blue Dog Democrat
Christian Democrat
Defeaticrat
Dixiecrat
Liberal Democrat
meritocrat
monocrat
physiocrat
scrat
securocrat
social democrat
technocrat

Synonyms and antonyms of bureaucrat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUREAUCRAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bureaucrat» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bureaucrat

Translation of «bureaucrat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUREAUCRAT

Find out the translation of bureaucrat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bureaucrat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bureaucrat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

官僚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

burócrata
570 millions of speakers

English

bureaucrat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नौकरशाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيروقراطي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бюрократ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

burocrata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bureaucrate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Birokrat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bürokrat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

官僚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관료
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Birokrat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công chức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகாரவர்க்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रशासक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bürokrat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

burocrate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biurokrata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бюрократ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

birocrat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραφειοκράτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bureaucrat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byråkrat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

byråkrat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bureaucrat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUREAUCRAT»

The term «bureaucrat» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.832 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUREAUCRAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bureaucrat

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10 QUOTES WITH «BUREAUCRAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bureaucrat.
1
John Barrasso
I don't want anybody between a doctor and a patient - not an insurance company bureaucrat or a Washington bureaucrat.
2
Neal Boortz
There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat.
3
Sean Duffy
For small community banks and credit unions, like those in Central and Northern Wisconsin, the hundreds of new rules will require an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance. Those are hours that your local bank or credit union will spend dealing with some Washington bureaucrat instead of focusing on the needs of customers like you.
4
Milton Friedman
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
5
Newt Gingrich
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.
6
Herb Kelleher
The clear, unmistakable sign of a bureaucrat is somebody who worries about whether he has a window.
7
Ric Keller
You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.
8
Bob Ney
It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder.
9
Michael K. Powell
It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements.
10
Ben Shahn
Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUREAUCRAT»

Discover the use of bureaucrat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bureaucrat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrat: Appraisals and Evidence
The essays evaluate a wide array of findings, both qualitative and quantitative, relevant to the various aspects of the model, and offer conclusions about its merits and limits, suggesting alternative explanations of bureaucratic behavior.
Andre Blais, Stephane Dion, 1991
2
The Bureaucrat and the Poor: Encounters in French Welfare ...
Showing how people experience state public administration, The Bureaucrat and the Poor provides a realistic view of French welfare policies, institutions and reforms and, in doing so, dispels both of these myths.
Professor Vincent Dubois, 2012
3
The Holy Bureaucrat: Eudes Rigaud and Religious Reform in ...
The Holy Bureaucrat also reconstructs the multifaceted man behind the Register, reuniting Eudes Rigaud the intellectual, Franciscan preacher, church reformer, judge, financial manager, and trusted councillor to King Louis IX. The book ...
Adam Jeffrey Davis, 2006
4
The Nun and the Bureaucrat: How They Found an Unlikely Cure ...
Reports the stories told by doctors and nurses in two hospital systems about a new idea, called "systems thinking," helped to transform the way they understood and organized their work and allowed them to dramatically improve over sixty ...
Louis M. Savary, Clare Crawford-Mason, 2006
5
The Official Bureaucrat's Guide for Navigating Bureaucracy ...
"The Official Bureaucrat's Guide for Navigating Bureaucracy (OBGNB)" will have government employees nodding their heads in agreement and citizens shaking their heads in disbelief as Zucketto stumbles into one farce after another.
Mike Tedesco, 2011
6
Unlocking the Bureaucrat's Kingdom: Deregulation and the ...
" This book not only underlines the critical nature of the problem, but explains how it can be solved.
Frank Gibney, 1998
7
Odyssey of an Indian Bureaucrat
Mr. Nripati Ghoshal has lived through a tumultuous period in Indian history and his own life is a remarkable representation of that.
Nripati Ghoshal, 2006
8
Indian memsahib: the untold story of a bureaucrat's wife
Indian Memsahib: The untold story of a bureaucrat's wife is an unconventional look into the world of Indian bureaucracy and its fascinating order.
Suchita Malik, 2009
9
Fast Track Bureaucrat: An Insider's Story of Service, ...
R. Dennis Bevans started his federal career as a file clerk in 1960, and moved ahead rapidly into senior level positions during the most vibrant period of domestic policy expansion in history, while working closely with high-ranking ...
R. Dennis Bevans, 2008
10
The Bureaucrat
A Natural History Of The Bureaucrat, His Habitat, Feeding Habits, Protective Coloration, Fertility, Ubiquitous.
John Henshaw Crider, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUREAUCRAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bureaucrat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Abbott bureaucrat flaunts Confederate flag in Alice Springs, wins first …
The TV series Dukes of Hazzard has been pulled from US screens because of controversy surrounding its use of the Confederate flag, but the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Finance Ministry appoints Tanaka as top bureaucrat
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced a reshuffle of its senior officials, with Budget Bureau chief Kazuho Tanaka becoming the top ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
3
No bureaucrat associated with Vyapam scam probed so far, 85% of …
New Delhi: It has been over two years but no bureaucrat allegedly associated with Vyapam scam has been probed so far while 85% of those ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
4
Confederate flag shirt: indigenous affairs bureaucrat's shock move
The Northern Territory's most senior indigenous affairs bureaucrat wore a shirt bearing the controversial Confederate battle flag to a beef ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Bureaucrat Fatima Hammoud breaks down in tears at ICAC over …
He sent her love songs and ardent emails, and the pair exchanged 1000 text messages in a single month. But Fatima Hammoud broke down in ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Bureaucrat Fatima Hammoud denies receiving 'kickbacks' for court …
She is the bureaucrat who allegedly inspired an "infatuated" colleague to award $1 million in contracts to companies linked to her family. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Former PM John Howard defends top bureaucrat Michael Thawley …
Former prime minister John Howard has moved to defuse the controversy over top bureaucrat Michael Thawley's dismissal of China's global ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Indian bureaucrat plans legal action over 'eye candy' comment
An Indian bureaucrat says she is suing one of the country's leading news magazines after it described her as political “eye candy”, according to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
PM denies top bureaucrat provoking China
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has denied it was provocative of his top bureaucrat to say that China was not willing or able to be a global leader. «Yahoo7 News, Jun 15»
10
Noted former Kashmir bureaucrat Ashok Jaitley dies
New Delhi/Srinagar: Ashok Jaitley, a renowned civil servant and former chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, died in New Delhi on Tuesday ... «TwoCircles.net, Jun 15»

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