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returning officer

returning officer noun: a local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.

Noun

returning officer (plural returning officers)

  1. A local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.
  2. The officer who makes returns of writs, etc.

returning officer meaning in Tamil and Kannada

returning officer in Tamil

தேர்தல் பொறுப்பு அலுவலர், தேர்தல் நடத்தும் அலுவலர்

returning officer in Kannada

ನಿರ್ವಚನಾಧಿಕಾರಿ

Forms of returning officer

pluralreturning officers

Questions about returning officer

What does returning officer mean?
Returning officer means a local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.
What is returning officer in Tamil?
Returning officer in Tamil is தேர்தல் பொறுப்பு அலுவலர், தேர்தல் நடத்தும் அலுவலர். See Returning officer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is returning officer?
Returning officer is a noun.
What is the plural of returning officer?
The plural of returning officer is returning officers.

Words near returning officer in the dictionary

  1. returnin'
  2. returning
  3. returning boomerang
  4. returning boomerangs
  5. returning fire
  6. returning officer
  7. returning officers
  8. returning the favor
  9. returning the favour
  10. returning to dust
  11. returning to form

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Adapted from Wiktionary: returning officer (page history and authors); returning officer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Returning Officer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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