You searched for:
“incumbents”
1. Someone who is currently holding an official position; especially, in a church or political organization: Tomorrow on TV voters will be able to see the incumbent and his opponent in a debate.
2. A person who holds a political office or a position in some organization: Incumbents are often evaluated as to whether they are doing a good job or should be replaced with a new incumbent.
3. Etymology: from Latin incumben(t)s, "lying down on"; the present participle of incumbere, "to lean or lie on", from in-, "in, on" + cumbere, "to lie"; so, if something is leaning on anything, it is dependent on that object for its support.
© ALL rights are reserved.
Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
2. A person who holds a political office or a position in some organization: Incumbents are often evaluated as to whether they are doing a good job or should be replaced with a new incumbent.
3. Etymology: from Latin incumben(t)s, "lying down on"; the present participle of incumbere, "to lean or lie on", from in-, "in, on" + cumbere, "to lie"; so, if something is leaning on anything, it is dependent on that object for its support.
Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
so you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.
This entry is located in the following unit:
cubi-, cub-, cumb-, cubit-
(page 2)
Word Entries at Get Words:
“incumbents”
A person who holds a political office or a position in some organization and who has a duty or obligation to fulfill. (1)
This entry is located in the following unit:
Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
(page 46)