Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

returning officer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

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

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.

noun

The officer who makes returns of writs, etc.

Inflected Forms

returning officers (plural)

Questions

What does returning officer mean?: A local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area.

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