Definitions of paper-pusher
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a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
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type of:
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administrative official, bureaucrat
an official of a bureaucracy
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clerk
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
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administrative official, bureaucrat
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