relieving officer
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Noun
relieving officer (plural relieving officers)
- (UK, historical) A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.
- (UK, university slang, obsolete) One's father.
References
- (father): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
- (father): 2012, Julie Coleman, The Life of Slang (page 161)
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