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office-holder

office-holder is the alternative form of officeholder.

Meaning of officeholder

Noun

officeholder (plural officeholders)

  1. A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.
    • But it’s an open question as to what happens if the officeholder is instead fired by the President.2017 July 26, Laura Jarrett, “Who’s in charge of the Justice Department if Sessions goes?”, in CNN

Forms of office-holder

pluraloffice-holders

Questions about office-holder

What is office-holder the alternative form of?
Office-holder is the alternative form of officeholder.

Words near office-holder in the dictionary

  1. office work
  2. office worker
  3. office workers
  4. office-goer
  5. office-goers
  6. office-holder
  7. office-holders
  8. office-house
  9. office-houses
  10. office-wall
  11. office-walls

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