Meaning of OFFICER
| Pronunciation: | | 'ofisur
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- [n] any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
- [n] someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"
- [n] a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
- [n] a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
- [v] direct or command as an officer
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| | Synonyms: | | military officer, officeholder, police officer, policeman, ship's officer |
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| | See Also: | | adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp, army officer, bobby, brass hat, bull, captain, chief of staff, command, commandant, commander, commanding officer, commissioned officer, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, desk officer, detective, executive officer, first mate, functionary, fuzz, gendarme, gob, inspector, inspector general, investigator, Jack, Jack-tar, law, law officer, lawman, man, mariner, master, mate, military man, military personnel, motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, Mountie, naval officer, navigator, noncom, noncommissioned officer, official, old salt, peace officer, pig, police, police captain, police chief, police constable, police detective, police force, police matron, policewoman, privateer, privateersman, probation officer, purser, sailing master, sea captain, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms, serviceman, shoofly, skipper, speed cop, state trooper, steward, supercargo, tar, tec, traffic cop, trooper, warrant officer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf.
{Official}, n.]
1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with
an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as,
a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. ``I
am an officer of state.'' --Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in
distinction from a warrant officer.
{Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field},
{General}. etc.
{Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day,
has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and
police of the post or camp.
{Officer of the deck}, or {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the
officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel,
esp. a war vessel.
\Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Officering}.]
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
--Marshall.
2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments
officered the recruits.
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| | Related Terms: | | ADC, administrator, aide, aide-de-camp, apparatchik, archon, bailiff, beadle, beagle, boatswain, bound bailiff, brigadier, brigadier general, bureaucrat, captain, catchpole, chancellor, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief executive, chief executive officer, chief mate, chief of police, chief of staff, civil servant, CO, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commissioner, company officer, constable, cop, copper, dean, deck officer, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, dick, dignitary, director, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, fed, federal, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, flic, four-star general, functionary, functionnaire, fuzz, gendarme, general, general officer, generalissimo, G-man, government man, inspector, jack-in-office, jemadar, John Law, junior officer, lawman, lictor, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, mace-bearer, magistrate, major, major general, management, manager, managing director, mandarin, marechal, marshal, master, mate, mounted policeman, MP, narc, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, OD, office-bearer, officeholder, official, officiary, one-star general, orderly officer, patrolman, patron, peace officer, petty tyrant, pipes, placeman, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, prefect, president, prexy, provost, public official, public servant, quartermaster, red-tapist, reeve, risaldar, roundsman, sailing master, second mate, secretary, senior officer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, shavetail, sheriff, shipmaster, sirdar, skipper, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, superintendent, tec, the administration, the brass, the Old Man, three-star general, tipstaff, tipstaves, top brass, treasurer, trooper, two-star general, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warden, watch officer |
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