incumbent
a person who holds an official position
TRANSLATION
incumbent = Amtsinhaber --- GOOGLE INDEX incumbent: approximately 30,400,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Voters in Pitcairn chose an INCUMBENT and two newcomers to represent them on council for the next four years.
(Pittsburg Tribune-Review)
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"It’s hard to unseat an INCUMBENT who has done a lot of good work."
(Ryan Harnden, candidate for city council; BON Maine newspaper)
(Pittsburg Tribune-Review)
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"It’s hard to unseat an INCUMBENT who has done a lot of good work."
(Ryan Harnden, candidate for city council; BON Maine newspaper)
Did you
know?
incumbent
noun
- the person who has or had a particular official position
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Dating from the early 15th century, the word incumbent initially referred to someone holding a position in the church, from Medieval Latin "incumbentem". By the 1670s, use of the term had been extended to mean holders of any office, and today is used primarily to talk about politicians.
In the US, an incumbent who has lost an election but has not yet left office is called a "lame duck". The term also refers to officeholders who may not be reelected, for example, US President Obama.
According to US law, a president may serve only two elected terms. The only exception is when the vice president takes office without being elected. This could happen if the president dies, or is removed from office.
The term lame duck originally came from the UK in 1760s. Investors who were unable to pay their debts on the London Stock Exchange were said to waddle out like lame ducks. In the early 20th century US newspapers began using the expression to refer to ineffective politicians.
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SYNONYMS
office-holder, office-bearer, officer, functionary, official
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Don't you think the city needs a new mayor? The incumbent has been in office since in 1998"
noun
- the person who has or had a particular official position
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Dating from the early 15th century, the word incumbent initially referred to someone holding a position in the church, from Medieval Latin "incumbentem". By the 1670s, use of the term had been extended to mean holders of any office, and today is used primarily to talk about politicians.
In the US, an incumbent who has lost an election but has not yet left office is called a "lame duck". The term also refers to officeholders who may not be reelected, for example, US President Obama.
According to US law, a president may serve only two elected terms. The only exception is when the vice president takes office without being elected. This could happen if the president dies, or is removed from office.
The term lame duck originally came from the UK in 1760s. Investors who were unable to pay their debts on the London Stock Exchange were said to waddle out like lame ducks. In the early 20th century US newspapers began using the expression to refer to ineffective politicians.
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SYNONYMS
office-holder, office-bearer, officer, functionary, official
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Don't you think the city needs a new mayor? The incumbent has been in office since in 1998"
