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supercrat

[ soo-per-krat ]
/ ˈsu pərˌkræt /
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noun Informal.
a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
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Origin of supercrat

First recorded in 1970–75; super- + (bureau)crat

Words nearby supercrat

superconductivity, superconductor, supercontinent, supercool, supercow, supercrat, supercritical, supercurrent, superdelegate, superdense, superdense theory
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