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noun a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
Origin of office seeker An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Words nearby office seeker officer of arms, officer of the day, officer of the deck, officer of the guard, officer of the watch, office seeker , official, officialdom, officialese, official family, official formula
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Example sentences from the Web for office seeker We do not ask what may be the rle of the political adventurer, the office-seeker, the government speculator or tuft-hunter.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 | Various
I'll haunt the alderman like an office-seeker, till some of them lets you in.
Fashion and Famine | Ann S. Stephens
A story is told of an office-seeker in Washington who asserted to an inquirer that he had never heard of Mark Twain.
Jokes For All Occasions | Anonymous
He left with the comforting assurance that as an office-seeker he was by no means a success.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) | William H. Herndon
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Words related to office seeker aspirant, contender, appointee, contestant, applicant, lawmaker, senator, leader, legislator, officeholder, competitor, nominee, successor, bidder, runner, seeker, hopeful, entrant, partisan, boss