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paper-pusher

paper-pusher noun: a clerk or bureaucrat, especially one with a routine job.

Noun

paper-pusher (plural paper-pushers)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A clerk or bureaucrat, especially one with a routine job.
    Synonyms:
    pencil pusher

Synonyms of paper-pusher

Forms of paper-pusher

pluralpaper-pushers

Questions about paper-pusher

What does paper-pusher mean?
Paper-pusher means a clerk or bureaucrat, especially one with a routine job.
What part of speech is paper-pusher?
Paper-pusher is a noun.
What is the plural of paper-pusher?
The plural of paper-pusher is paper-pushers.

Words near paper-pusher in the dictionary

  1. paper-makers
  2. paper-milling
  3. paper-money
  4. paper-plane
  5. paper-planes
  6. paper-pusher
  7. paper-pushers
  8. paper-thick
  9. paper-thickness
  10. paper-thin
  11. paper-thinness

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