Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who holds public office.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is in possession of an office under government; in general, any official.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who holds an
office , especially one appointed or elected to a public office; anincumbent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the official who holds an office
- noun someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
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Examples
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Whether you agree or disagree, the lack of disrespect for the office and officeholder is astonishing.
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"It is not the worst thing in the world to be a one-term officeholder," globalist pundit Fareed Zakaria told Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and a national TV audience on Friday.
Pointing at the teachers unions works for Fenty Mike DeBonis 2010
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"It is not the worst thing in the world to be a one-term officeholder," globalist pundit Fareed Zakaria told Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and a national TV audience on Friday.
Pointing at the teachers unions works for Fenty Mike DeBonis 2010
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CAFFERTY: Yes, unlike his father, who was a one-term officeholder for that very reason.
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Bienville Parish District Attorney Jonathan Stewart filed suit against Taylor in August, alleging the first-term officeholder did not live in the town's corporate limits, but rather in Caddo Parish.
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Given Rep. Goode’s comments, in which he made clear his distaste for any Muslim serving in public office, Josh presumably meant that Goode seems to believe that there should be no religious test provided that the officeholder is a Jew or a Christian.
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‘More’ where that’s the best choice, ‘better’ when the current officeholder is pushing against both the party goals and their own electorate.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Beatings will continue until morale improves 2010
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The officeholder is the chief justice of the U.S., not of the Supreme Court.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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The officeholder is the chief justice of the U.S., not of the Supreme Court.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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I considered myself that kind of officeholder, and not a prime minister, not a deputy president or something like that.
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