Officeholder who accomplishes little

Usage examples of chairwarmer.

I don't want some chairwarmer in Headquarters being that casual about my neck.

I don’t want some chairwarmer in Headquarters being that casual about my neck.

Do you think that overstuffed chairwarmer gives a nit in a nova what happens to any of us?

Gunnery sergeants were concerned with having good men on the machine guns and cared very little for the personnel problems of the chairwarmers at regimental headquarters.

But what he was concerned about was the possibility that some chairwarmer would review your records, see what you did as a civilian, and assign you appropriately.