bureaucrat

bureaucrat definition - business

bureaucrat

A career employee of an organization, usually associated with government. In a negative sense, a bureaucrat strictly follows procedures regardless of whether the procedures make sense or inconvenience the persons with whom the bureaucrat interacts.

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