Exact Match:
- public servant
- someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
Synonyms:
- bureaucrat,
- civil servant,
- functionary,
- functionnaire,
- holdover,
- incumbent,
- ins,
- jack-in-office,
- lame duck,
- mandarin,
- new broom,
- office-bearer,
- officeholder,
- officer,
- official,
- officiary,
- petty tyrant,
- placeman,
- president-elect,
- public official,
- red-tapist