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Officeholder meaning

A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.

Synonyms of Officeholder

official functionary officer incumbent

Related words

Other words often associated with Officeholder or its synonyms:

policeman authorised current formalised established lawman confirmed authorized unofficial necessary serviceman formalized

Using Officeholder

  • The main meaning on this page is: A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.
  • Useful related words include: official, functionary, officer, incumbent.
  • In the example corpus, officeholder often appears in combinations such as: current officeholder, an officeholder, officeholder constitutes.

Context around Officeholder

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

current 1× previous 1× republican 1× national 1× federal 1×

Often after:

constitutes 2× keith 1× term 1× combined 1×

Sentence patterns with Officeholder

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by an officeholder constitutes political 2× a federal officeholder 1× a national officeholder and white 1× a republican officeholder has to 1× district 16 officeholder term limited 1× for that officeholder to gain 1× office any officeholder could be 1× sanctions no officeholder could impose 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an illegal act 2× a national officeholder 1× finally even during 1× look at trump 1× since mayors terms 1× steve brown spokesman 1×

Common sentence endings:

a federal officeholder 1× a hired manager 1× and or power 1× boards and commissions 1× by the assembly 1× display this morning 1×

Words around Officeholder

Just before it in the word index:

office 32.751 officals 5 offical 5 offiah 3 offi 4 offhandedly 3

Just after it in the word index:

officeholders 47 officejet 3 officer 15.986 officered 9 officerl 2 officers 17.561

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Officeholder

  • In this selection, "officeholder" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, current, previous, republican, constitutes, keith and term stand out and add context to how "officeholder" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by an officeholder constitutes political and a federal officeholder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "officeholder" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with officeholder

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A national officeholder and White House staff targeted. (8 words)

The officeholder is an ex officio member of various boards and commissions. (12 words)

The current officeholder, Keith Carson, is not seeking reelection after more than 30 years. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Well, they could—like Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, who left the GOP on July 4—but everyone who wants to remain a Republican officeholder has to make bizarre contortions like the ones on display this morning. (37 words)

To a lesser extent, uncertainty has been expressed in Canada as to which officeholder—the monarch, the governor general, or both—can be considered the head of state. (28 words)

Steve Brown, spokesman for Madigan, said Madigan agreed with Bustos’ analysis in terms of the fundraising issues presented as she serves as a federal officeholder. (25 words)

Example sentences (13)

Since mayors’ terms expire every four years, Pyle said, it’s tough for that officeholder to gain the experience of a hired manager.

The current officeholder, Keith Carson, is not seeking reelection after more than 30 years.

He also has the endorsement of the current District 16 officeholder, term-limited state Sen. Dan Claitor.

Look at Trump’s accomplishments to date…definitely a lot more substantial and meaningful than the two terms of the previous officeholder combined.

Well, they could—like Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, who left the GOP on July 4—but everyone who wants to remain a Republican officeholder has to make bizarre contortions like the ones on display this morning.

A national officeholder and White House staff targeted.

Steve Brown, spokesman for Madigan, said Madigan agreed with Bustos’ analysis in terms of the fundraising issues presented as she serves as a federal officeholder.

An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties.

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An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties and/or power.

Finally, even during his period of office, any officeholder could be impeached and removed from office by the assembly.

The officeholder is an ex officio member of various boards and commissions.

To a lesser extent, uncertainty has been expressed in Canada as to which officeholder—the monarch, the governor general, or both—can be considered the head of state.

When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas.

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Common combinations with officeholder

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "officeholder" in a sentence?
An example: "Since mayors’ terms expire every four years, Pyle said, it’s tough for that officeholder to gain the experience of a hired manager." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "officeholder" from authentic English texts.
What does "officeholder" mean?
Officeholder means: A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.
What are synonyms of "officeholder"?
Common synonyms of "officeholder" include: official, functionary, officer, incumbent.
How many example sentences with "officeholder" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "officeholder", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.