Eurocrat
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Eurocrat is a term that refers to a staff member of the administrative commission of the European Union[1] or, more broadly, to any official of the European Union.[2]
[edit] Origins
First recorded in 1961,[3] the term is a portmanteau of "European" and "bureaucrat"[4] and was originally coined by Richard Mayne, a journalist and personal assistant to the first Commission president, Walter Hallstein.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Eurocrat, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved 27/01/2012.
- ^ Cuddon, J. A. et al. (1998). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 543. ISBN 978-0631202714
- ^ Eurocrat, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved 27/01/2012.
- ^ Jarvie, Gordon (2007) Bloomsbury Grammar Guide: Grammar Made Easy. A & C Black. p. 83. ISBN 978-0713681871
- ^ Tindall, Gillian (22 December 2009). "Richard Mayne obituary". The Guardian (London): p. 30. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/dec/21/richard-mayne-obituary. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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