Ragnar issues the challenge to Earl Haraldson who initially declines on the grounds Ragnar is a criminal. He remembers what the soothsayer told him however and decides to accept. A pregnant Lagertha, fearing that Ragnar is too weak to win, thinks they should just run away.
Incumbent. The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.
Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  incumbent, officeholder(adj) the official who holds an office. 2  incumbent(adj) lying or leaning on something else. 3  incumbent(adj) necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding.  incumbent(adj) currently holding an office.