holdover

• Substantiv für eine Person, die länger als üblich in einem Amt oder auf einem Posten bleibt, oder für etwas, das aus einer früheren Zeit erhalten geblieben ist.

A noun referring to a person who remains in a position or office beyond the usual term, or something that has persisted or survived from an earlier period.

1. Official remaining in officeC1formalpolitical

   An official who continues in office beyond the end of the regular term, usually until a replacement is appointed.

   Im Amt verblieben

   • The ambassador served as a holdover for six months after the election.
   • Several holdovers from the previous administration still attended cabinet meetings.
   • The committee chair remained a holdover due to delays in confirming a new leader.
   • He was criticized for acting as a holdover without democratic mandate.

   Antonymeappointee

2. Survival from the pastB2informal

   Something that has persisted or survived from an earlier time, often no longer common or relevant.

   Überbleibsel der Vergangenheit

   • The tradition of wearing a hat in church is a holdover from the Victorian era.
   • His old-fashioned manners are a holdover from his strict upbringing.
   • The one-room schoolhouse was a holdover from the pioneer days.
   • The use of fax machines in that office is a holdover from the 1990s.

   Synonymeanachronismhangoverrelicremnantsurvivalthrowbackvestige

   Antonymeinnovation