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PAPER-PUSHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paper-pusher mean?
• PAPER-PUSHER (noun)
The noun PAPER-PUSHER has 1 sense:
1. a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
Familiarity information: PAPER-PUSHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("paper-pusher" is a kind of...):
administrative official; bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)
clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))
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