Language – bureaucrat (8)
I believe the answer is:
mandarin
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'language' is the first definition.
(Mandarin is an example)
'bureaucrat' is the second definition.
(I know that bureaucrat can be written as mandarin)
(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "World's most spoken language" , "top official" , "High official in imperial China and a fruit" , "Asiatic duck" , "Top civil servant" .)