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officeholder

[ aw-fis-hohl-der, of-is- ]

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • non·office·holder noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of officeholder1

First recorded in 1850–55; office + holder

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Example Sentences

Nearly every Democratic officeholder in the land supports same-sex marriage, and each day seems to bring another Republican over.

This policy or that officeholder is going to ruin their lives.

A previously little-known officeholder, she is suddenly a household name.

At other times, a Democratic bout of self-satisfaction has merely made the party or the particular officeholder look craven.

And in 2005 he became the first prominent officeholder to call for a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.

Such an officeholder as this man the world probably never saw.

Our farmers only wished his votes to accomplish their plans and have no use for him as an officeholder.

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