OFFICEHOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does officeholder mean? 

• OFFICEHOLDER (noun)
  The noun OFFICEHOLDER has 2 senses:

1. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

2. the official who holds an office

  Familiarity information: OFFICEHOLDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFICEHOLDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

officeholder; officer

Context example:

the club elected its officers for the coming year

Hypernyms ("officeholder" is a kind of...):

holder (a person who holds something)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "officeholder"):

probation officer (the officer of the court who supervises probationers)

sergeant at arms; serjeant-at-arms (an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The official who holds an office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

incumbent; officeholder

Hypernyms ("officeholder" is a kind of...):

holder (a person who holds something)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "officeholder"):

office-bearer (the person who holds an office)