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Definition of Officer
1. Verb. Direct or command as an officer.
2. Noun. Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command. "An officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Adjutant, Aide, Aide-de-camp, Army Officer, Brass Hat, Chief Of Staff, Commandant, Commander, Commanding Officer, Commissioned Officer, Desk Officer, Executive Officer, Inspector General, Military Adviser, Military Advisor, Naval Officer, Enlisted Officer, Noncom, Noncommissioned Officer, Warrant Officer, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
3. Noun. Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust. "The club elected its officers for the coming year"
Generic synonyms: Holder, Functionary, Official
Specialized synonyms: Probation Officer, Sergeant At Arms, Serjeant-at-arms
4. Noun. A member of a police force. "It was an accident, officer"
Group relationships: Constabulary, Law, Police, Police Force
Specialized synonyms: Bobby, Bull, Cop, Copper, Fuzz, Pig, Captain, Police Captain, Police Chief, Constable, Police Constable, Detective, Investigator, Police Detective, Tec, Gendarme, Inspector, Motorcycle Cop, Motorcycle Policeman, Speed Cop, Police Matron, Policewoman, Mountie, Shoofly, Traffic Cop, Trooper, State Trooper, Trooper
Generic synonyms: Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
5. Noun. A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel. "He is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
Generic synonyms: Gob, Jack, Jack-tar, Mariner, Old Salt, Sea Dog, Seafarer, Seaman, Tar
Specialized synonyms: Captain, Master, Sea Captain, Skipper, First Mate, Mate, Privateer, Privateersman, Purser, Navigator, Sailing Master, Steward, Supercargo
Definition of Officer
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
Definition of Officer
1. Noun. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. ¹
2. Noun. One who holds a public office. ¹
3. Noun. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative. ¹
4. Noun. (colloquial military) A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer." ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To supply with '''officers'''. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To command like an '''officer'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Officer
1. to furnish with officers (persons holding positions of authority) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Officer
1. 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." 2. Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See Field, General. Etc. Officer of the day, the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, especially. A war vessel. Origin: F. Officier. See Office, and cf. Official. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Officer
Literary usage of Officer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The articles of war direct that whenever any officer shall be charged with a
crime he shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters or tent, ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"CM, DPH Aberd., has been appointed Medical officer of Health for the Burgh of
... Assistant Medical officer, unmarried. Salary commencing at £100 per annum, ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"officer may be removed without notice or hearing.1 This doctrine applies, however,
where the office is held at the pleasure of the appointing power only; ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"But when the Legislature make» a contract with a public officer, ... was not a
pub- Ut officer In such a sense as prevented his employment from creating a ..."
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