quangocrat

quangocrat

English

Etymology

quango +‎ -crat

Noun

quangocrat (plural quangocrats)

1. A proponent of quangocracy.
   • 1990, Martin Mayer, The Greatest-ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry

     Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.

   • 1994, The Economist

     In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.

   • 1999, Bill Jones, Political Issues in Britain Today

     As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...

   • 2002, Sarah Ferris, Poet John Hewitt, 1907-1987 and Criticism of Northern Irish Protestant Writing

     In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.