Great Britain

• beadle

  A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function.

• returning officer

  The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the result...

Holder

• officeholder

  Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust...

• incumbent

  The official who holds an office.

Law

• prosecutor

  A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.

• notary

  Someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to...

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• justice

  A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice.

• diplomat

  An official engaged in international negotiations.

• church officer

  A church official.

• bureaucrat

  An official of a bureaucracy.

• elected official

  Official who won the office in a free election.

• agent

  Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau.

• doorkeeper

  An official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber.

• recruiter

  An official who enlists personnel for military service.

• censor

  A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical...

• appointee

  An official who is appointed.

• recorder

  Someone responsible for keeping records.

• Inquisitor

  An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

• bailiff

  An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests...

• proconsul

  An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power.

• ranger

  An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest.

• vizier

  A high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire).

• teller

  An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly).

• caretaker

  An official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker...

• commissar

  An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military...

• city father

  An important municipal official.

• hangover

  An official who remains in office after his term.

• mandarin

  Any high government official or bureaucrat.

• civil servant

  A public official who is a member of the civil service.

• Comptroller General

  A United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims...

• Comptroller of the Currency

  A United States federal official who regulates the national banks.

• census taker

  Someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes.

• equerry

  An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles.

• apparatchik

  A humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a...

• provincial

  (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under...

• hearing examiner

  An official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative...

• regulator

  An official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of...

• quaestor

  Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and admi...

• weigher

  An official who weighs and records the weight.

• mace

  An official who carries a mace of office.

• fire marshall

  An official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires.

• licenser

  An official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who...

• sealer

  An official who affixes a seal to a document.

• searcher

  A customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or...

• town clerk

  The official who keeps a town's records.

• voider

  An official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know...

• noticer

  Someone who gives formal notice.

• postmaster general

  The official in charge of the national postal service.

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• government officials

  People elected or appointed to administer a government.