Definition of "technocrat" [tech•no•crat]

• An adherent or a proponent of technocracy. (noun)
• A technical expert, especially one in a managerial or administrative position. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word technocrat can also refer to an advocate of a form of government in which experts preside."
• "Firmly on the left of the party, the former minister has been described as a technocrat and policy-wonk versus Hollande's political animal."
• "Lucas Papademos, the newly chosen prime minister of Greece, has been called a "technocrat""