Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relieving officer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: re-liev-ing of-fi-cer
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.

British usage

noun

British usage; Obsolete

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

relieving officers (plural)

Questions

What does relieving officer mean?: A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.

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