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The definition of a bureaucrat is a person with an official position in the government, or a term used to describe someone in a position of power who is more concerned with procedure or policy than with people's needs.

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A senator is an example of a bureaucrat.
A manager overly concerned with power and procedure instead of people is an example of a bureaucrat.

See bureaucrat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an official in a bureaucracy, esp. one who follows a routine in a mechanical, unimaginative way, insisting on proper forms, petty rules, etc.

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bureaucratic adjective
bureaucratically adverb

See bureaucrat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An official of a bureaucracy.
An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.

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buˌreau·cratˈic adjective

buˌreau·cratˈi·cal·ly adverb

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