6
official(noun, representative, appointee, bureaucrat)
5
bureaucrat(noun, government, leader, chief, representative)
4
civil servant(noun, expression, idiom, employee, appointee)
3
office-bearer
3
politician(noun, person)
3
public official(noun, appointee)
2
administrator(noun, representative, official, bureaucrat)
2
campaigner
2
functionary
2
officeholder(noun, appointee)
2
officer
1
congressman
1
functionnaire
1
government employee(noun, worker)
1
government worker(noun, appointee)
1
holdover
1
incumbent
1
ins
1
jack-in-office
1
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