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单词 returning officer
释义

returning officer


noun British.

a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.

Origin of returning officer

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby returning officer

returned soldier, returnee, returner, return extrasystole, return-flue boiler, returning officer, return on assets, return on equity, return on investment, return on net assets, return receipt
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Example sentences from the Web for returning officer

  • The borough comprises the parish, and the returning-officer is the Mayor.

    Curiousities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol. 1|Thomas Dugdale

British Dictionary definitions for returning officer

returning officer

noun

(in Britain, Canada, Australia, etc) an official in charge of conducting an election in a constituency or electoral district, who supervises the counting of votes and announces the results
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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