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Eurocrat

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree English Euro- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat blend English Eurocrat Blend of Euro- + bureaucrat. By surface analysis, Euro- + -crat.

  1. borrowed from bureaucrate
  2. compounded as eurocrat — “euro- + bureaucrat”

Definitions

  1. An employee or minister of the European Union, typically working in Brussels or…

    An employee or minister of the European Union, typically working in Brussels or Strasbourg.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Eurocrat.

    • And it put Britain’s most senior and most experienced eurocrat, Jonathan Faull, in charge of it.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA