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Definition of Officeholder

1. Noun. Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust. "The club elected its officers for the coming year"

Definition of Officeholder

1. n. An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

Definition of Officeholder

1. Noun. A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office; an incumbent ¹

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Definition of Officeholder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Officeholder

Literary usage of Officeholder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stephen M. White: Californian, Citizen, Lawyer, Senator. His Life and His by Stephen Mallory White, Robert Woodland Gates, Leroy E. Mosher (1903)
"We are opposed to an irredeemable currency, but believe in a currency for the Government and people, the laborer and officeholder, the pensioner and soldier ..."

2. The Civil Service Reformer (1891)
"Theiss and Gibson, who were also present at this meeting and agreed to pay, state that they did not actually give their money to an officeholder; ..."

3. Richard Croker by Alfred Henry Lewis (1901)
"day when a critic, who was also an officeholder, arose and made unto the world a harangue. It was in its nature a criticism of politics and politicians, ..."

4. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1900)
"What years were assessment circulars sent, according to his nowledge and belief, to Federal officeholder*f Senator CHANDLER. Mr. Lyford knows what he is ..."

5. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1895)
"The provision of the statute explicitly forbids one officeholder to give money to another "directly or indirectly," and to hand the money to a ..."

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