Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Bureaucrat /byo͝or'-ək-rătˌ/ · Bu·reau·crat · IPA /ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/ 01 n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. 1. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.