Usually means: Official overseeing elections and results.
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  1. returning officer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. returning officer: Merriam-Webster
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  10. Returning Officer, Returning officer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. returning-officer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (returning officer)

▸ noun:  A local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.
▸ noun:  The officer who makes returns of writs, etc.

Similar:
overseer, officer, commissioner, officeholder, traffic officer, officiate, public officer, town clerk, officer of the court, parish clerk, more...

Opposite:
incoming officer, challenger, opposing candidate

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Similar:
overseer, officer, commissioner, officeholder, traffic officer, officiate, public officer, town clerk, officer of the court, parish clerk, more...

Opposite:
incoming officer, challenger, opposing candidate



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