ELECTED OFFICIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Official who won the office in a free election

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("elected official" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elected official"):

lame duck (an elected official still in office but not slated to continue)

lieutenant governor (an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States)

selectman; selectwoman (an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns)