superbureaucrat
noun[C]
mainlydisapproving(alsosuper-bureaucrat)uk/ˈsuː.pə.bjʊə.rə.kræt/us/ˈsuː.pɚ.bjʊr.ə.kræt/someone whoholdsa veryimportantpositionin abureaucracy(= asystemforcontrollingormanagingacountry,company, ororganization):
They weretrainedas superbureaucrats and wereabletoactonbehalfofministers.
Somepeoplehave theimpressionthat he was only a super-bureaucrat.
- He was aclassicsuperbureaucrat whounderstoodhow thesystemworked.
- She is a superbureaucrat who isawareof theresponsibilitiesof herjob.
- The superbureaucrats werewidelybelievedto berunningthegovernment.
- She hasgreatconfidencein theabilityof a super-bureaucrat to make all thedecisions.
People in charge of or controlling other people
- acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- conservator
- controller
- council
- counter-power
- dean
- lord
- management
- manipulator
- mistress
- too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice president
- yourlord and masteridiom