relieving officer

English

Noun

relieving officer (plural relieving officers)

  1. (UK, historical) A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.
  2. (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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