English Explanatory Dictionary

pencil pusher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.

Word forms

pencil pusher pencil pushers pencil-pusher

Etymology

US origin, 1881.

Synonyms

office worker bureaucrat desk jockey paper-pusher pen-pusher

Related words

desk job pixel pusher

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