Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who holds public office.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who is in possession of an office under government; in general, any official.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office; an incumbent
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary.
- n. One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the official who holds an office
- n. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
Examples
“Whether you agree or disagree, the lack of disrespect for the office and officeholder is astonishing.”
“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.”
The Washington Post: Pointing at the teachers unions works for Fenty
“CAFFERTY: Yes, unlike his father, who was a one-term officeholder for that very reason.”
“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.”
“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.”
“‘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
“The officeholder is the chief justice of the U.S., not of the Supreme Court.”
Simon & Schuster: Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
“I considered myself that kind of officeholder, and not a prime minister, not a deputy president or something like that.”
“The whole fête was paid for, according to Hunt, out of her "officeholder" account, funded by political contributors.”
“I knew my name would be considered: I was the second-highest constitutional officeholder in the state, after the governor, and I had done well in the elections of 1960 and 1962.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘officeholder’.
-
POL - elections
absentee ballot, affiliate, allegiance, announcement of c..., ballot, ballot box, ballot initiatives, ballot paper, barnstorming speech, bias, block vote, campaign ad and 930 more...
-
Be holders
Behold! (and becomingholders!!) We all are stakeholders? Where's the steak? No beef!
lienholder, placeholder, householder, policyholder, candleholder, officeholder, ticket holder, stockholder, cigarette holder, withholder, record-holder, stakeholder and 39 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for officeholder.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.