eurocrat

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noun

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

OriginEnglish bureaucrat ← French bureaucrate ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) →
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Meanings

eurocrat1

nouneurocrat (plural eurocrats)

plural eurocrats

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eurocrat.

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

    2015 June 26, Ian Traynor, “EU referendum: Cameron in uncharted territory as he lays out UK demands”, in The Guardian

Eurocrat2

nounEurocrat (plural Eurocrats)

plural Eurocrats

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

Origin

eurocrat · noun

Blend of euro- + bureaucrat, by surface analysis, euro- + -crat.

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Eurocrat · noun

  1. EnglishEuro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  4. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  5. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  6. Latinburrus
  7. Latinburra
  8. Old French*bure
  9. Old Frenchburel
  10. Frenchbureau
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  12. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  13. Frenchbureaucratie
  14. Frenchbureaucrate
  15. Englishbureaucrat
  16. EnglishEurocrat

Blend of Euro- + bureaucrat. By surface analysis, Euro- + -crat.

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Translations

Esperanto eŭropokrato
  • eŭropokratoemployee of the EU
Finnish eurokraatti, bryssä
  • eurokraattiemployee of the EU
  • bryssäemployee of the EU
French eurocrate
  • eurocrateemployee of the EU
German Eurokrat, Eurokratin
  • Eurokratemployee of the EU
  • Eurokratinemployee of the EU
Icelandic evrópukrati
  • evrópukratiemployee of the EU
Polish eurokrata
  • eurokrataemployee of the EU
Portuguese eurocrata
  • eurocrataemployee of the EU
Russian еврокра́т, евробюрокра́т
  • еврокра́т (jevrokrát)employee of the EU
  • евробюрокра́т (jevrobjurokrát)employee of the EU
  • еврочино́вник (jevročinóvnik)employee of the EU
Swedish eurokrat
  • eurokratemployee of the EU

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

eurocrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurocrat

MLA

“eurocrat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurocrat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eurocrat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eurocrat.

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