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Noun: technocrat  'tek-nu,krat
  1. An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
    "The company hired a technocrat to oversee the implementation of their new IT system"
     
  2. An advocate of technocracy
    "The technocrat argued for a government run by technical experts"

Derived forms: technocrats

Type of: expert, pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]

Part of: elite, élite [Brit], elite group

Encyclopedia: Technocrat