Meanings
plural office holders
- alternativeAlternative form of officeholder.
The more people an office holder can attract to one of these functions, the more authority they feel they can exercise.
2003, Stan and Gail Long, Everybody Lobbies, page 1192 more examples
A statutory office is a distinct form of body simply because the entity created is an office with a single office holder.
2001, Christopher Enright, Federal Administrative LawIf women's distinctive life experiences affect their educational and occupational opportunities and choices, does it follow that women office holders have different levels of political ambition for higher office compared with men?
2014, Sue Thomas, Clyde Wilcox, Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future
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