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quangocrat

quangocrat noun: a powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.

Noun

quangocrat (plural quangocrats)

  1. A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.
    • Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.1990, Martin Mayer, The Greatest-ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry
    • In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.1994, The Economist

Examples of quangocrat in a sentence

  • As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...1999, Bill Jones, Political Issues in Britain Today:
  • In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.2002, Sarah Ferris, Poet John Hewitt, 1907-1987 and Criticism of Northern Irish Protestant Writing:

Forms of quangocrat

pluralquangocrats

Origin of quangocrat

From quango + -crat.

Questions about quangocrat

What does quangocrat mean?
Quangocrat means a powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.
How do you use quangocrat in a sentence?
As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...
What part of speech is quangocrat?
Quangocrat is a noun.
What is the plural of quangocrat?
The plural of quangocrat is quangocrats.

Words near quangocrat in the dictionary

  1. Quanglican
  2. Quanglicans
  3. quango
  4. quangocracies
  5. quangocracy
  6. quangocrat
  7. quangocrats
  8. quangoism
  9. quangoization
  10. quangoland
  11. quangos

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