Exact Match:
- officeholder
- 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"
Synonyms:
- 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