red-tapist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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
References[edit]
“red-tapist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.