officeholder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
    officer.
    • he is an officer of the court
    • the club elected its officers for the coming year
  2. noun the official who holds an office
    incumbent.

WordNet

Of"fice*hold"er noun
Definitions
  1. An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

Webster 1913