A member of the Communist Party apparatus governing Russia and the Soviet Union (1917–91), responsible for making or implementing policy; an apparatchik.
Origin
1980s. From part- + -ocrat, after partocracy, partocratic.
Definition of partocrat in US English:
partocrat
nounˈpɑːtəkrat
Politics historical
A member of the Communist Party apparatus governing Russia and the Soviet Union (1917–91), responsible for making or implementing policy; an apparatchik.
Origin
1980s. From part- + -ocrat, after partocracy, partocratic.