Noun
burocrat (plural burocrats)
- Rare spelling of bureaucrat.
1926, HW Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition, Reprint edition, Oxford University Press, published 2009, →ISBN:The formation is so barbarous that all attempt at self-respect in pronunciation may perhaps as well be abandoned. … it is only to be desired that the spelling could also be changed to burocrat …
2004, David Robinson, An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose: Part of an Englishman Living Abroad Series, iUnivers, →ISBN, page 219:They might only be burocrats doing their jobs but it only takes the odd one or two to let the side down for all the others who are doing a sterling job.
2006, Tim Lander, Inappropriate Behaviour, Broken Jaw Press, →ISBN, page 105:… laughing at the pomposity of the petty burocrats …
2011, Décio Krause, Antonio Videira, Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science: An account of recent works Volume 290 of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Springer, →ISBN, page 240:Latour supports the works done by scientists, politicians, economists, burocrats, and moralists.
2012, Andrew Barker, Fictions from an Orphan State (Literary Criticism), Camden House, →ISBN, page 103:… when the enlightened and assimilated Viennese burocrat Dr. Frankl realizes with horror …