Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Returning officer   /rɪtˈərnɪŋ ˈɔfəsər/   Listen
Returning officer

noun
1.
The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Returning officer" Quotes from Famous Books



... two years. Every cause deserves that it should be tried according to its nature and circumstances; and in the case of the Colchester Committee, in the trial of paltry briberies of odd pounds, shillings, and pence, in the corruption of a returning officer, who is but a miller, they spent nearly the same number of days that we have been inquiring into the ruin of kingdoms by the peculation and bribery of the chief governor of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa. Therefore God ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12) • Edmund Burke



Words linked to "Returning officer" :   New Zealand, Commonwealth of Australia, U.K., Australia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, functionary, official, Britain, UK, Canada, United Kingdom



Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org