[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

officeholder \of"ficehold"er\, n.
   one who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the
   civil service; a placeman.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

officeholder
     n 1: someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who
          holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the
          court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming
          year" syn: officer
     2: the official who holds an office syn: incumbent
see also:
officer incumbent 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "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-tapist

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