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officer

noun

  1. anyone elected or appointed to an office or position of authority in a government, business, institution, society, etc.
  2. a police officer or constable
  3. a person appointed to a position of authority in the armed forces; specif., commissioned officer
  4. the captain or any of the mates of a merchant ship
  5. in certain honorary societies, a member of any grade above the lowest

transitive verb

  1. to provide with officers
  2. to command; direct; manage

See officer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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