/ Dictionary / Index P paper-pusher: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: pa•per-push•er Pronunciation: (pā'pur-poosh"ur), [key] — n. Informal. a person who has a routine desk job. a bureaucrat. Also called Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: paper-pusher (Thesaurus) paper profit paper-shelled Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pauper Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language