paper-pusher

[pey-per-poo sh-er] /ˈpeɪ pərˌpʊʃ ər/

noun, Informal.

a person who has a routine desk job.

a bureaucrat.

Also called paper-shuffler

[pey-per-shuhf-ler] /ˈpeɪ pərˌʃʌf lər/ (Show IPA).

Related forms

paper-pushing, adjective

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Contemporary definitions for paper-pushing

noun

bureaucrat

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