| Main Entry: | pencil pusher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clerical worker |
Synonyms: |
black-coat worker, desk worker, office worker, white-collar worker |
| Main Entry: | bureaucrat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government official |
Synonyms: |
administrator, civil servant, desk-jockey, functionary, office-holder, pencil-pusher, politician, public servant |
| Main Entry: | clerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
Synonyms: |
agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | desk jockey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an office worker |
Synonyms: |
clerical worker, desk worker, pen pusher, pencil driver, pencil pusher, white-collar worker |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
Synonyms: |
announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer |