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officeholder
CIDE DICTIONARY
officeholder, n.
One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
officeholder
bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary, functionnaire, holdover, incumbent, ins, jack-in-office, lame duck, mandarin, new broom, office-bearer, officer, official, officiary, petty tyrant, placeman, president-elect, public official, public servant, red-tapistFor further exploring for "officeholder" in Webster Dictionary Online