'officeholder' definitions:

Definition of 'officeholder'

noun

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" [syn: officeholder, officer]

noun

The official who holds an office [syn: incumbent, officeholder]

Synonyms of 'officeholder'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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