officeholder

American  

[aw-fis-hohl-der, of-is-] / ˈɔ fɪsˌhoʊl dər, ˈɒf ɪs- /

noun

1. a person filling a governmental position; public official.

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Other Word Forms

• nonofficeholder noun

Etymology

Origin of officeholder

First recorded in 1850–55; office + holder

Example Sentences

The two royal officeholders put their concerns to Labour's leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith, when the law that scrapped hereditary peers was in its early stages about a year ago.

From BBC

I tend to interpret this complaint as a proxy for something else—voters don’t eject officeholders they like on grounds of longevity in office.

From The Wall Street Journal

Authority over education is distributed among different officeholders.

From Los Angeles Times

Historian Gordon Wood wrote that the American Revolution “reconstituted what Americans meant by public or state power and brought about an entirely new kind of popular politics and a new kind of democratic officeholder.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Previous officeholders had gone on diplomatic missions, run task forces or even served as the president’s attack dog.

From The Wall Street Journal

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