red-tapist
English
Noun
red-tapist (plural red-tapists)
- (archaic) One who strictly adheres to official formalities.
- 1853, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel, or Varieties in English Life
- And the Lansmere interest need not be beaten , if you'll put up another man instead of this red-tapist
- 1853, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel, or Varieties in English Life
References
red-tapist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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