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Officeholder

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

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Functionary 76% connected

One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

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Holder 76% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

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Official 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

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Incumbent 92% connected

Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Officer 92% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Abuse verb · 78% connection

A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

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Adjutant noun · 78% connection

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and…

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Admiral noun · 78% connection

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

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Alguazil noun · 78% connection

An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of c…

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Banneret noun · 78% connection

A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

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Brevet noun · 78% connection

A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.

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Chivalry noun · 78% connection

A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some…

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Civic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "ci…

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Civillty noun · 78% connection

A civil office, or a civil process

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Civily adverb · 78% connection

In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

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Colonel noun · 78% connection

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

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Corporal noun · 78% connection

A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of i…

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Counter-roll noun · 78% connection

A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the c…

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Hogreeve noun · 78% connection

A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.

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