officer Definition
of·fi·cer (ôf′i sər, äf′-)
noun
- anyone elected or appointed to an office or position of authority in a government, business, institution, society, etc.
- a police officer or constable
- a person appointed to a position of authority in the armed forces; specif., commissioned officer
- the captain or any of the mates of a merchant ship
- in certain honorary societies, a member of any grade above the lowest
Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr & OFr officier < ML officiarius < L officium, office
transitive verb
- to provide with officers
- to command; direct; manage
officer Synonyms
officer
n.
An executive
manager, director, president; see administrator, leader 2.One who enforces civil law
police officer, magistrate, military police, deputy; see police, police officer, sheriff.One holding a responsible post in the armed forces
American officers include --- Army and Marine Corps commissioned officers, and Army special officers: Commander in Chief, General of the Army, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Adjutant General, Aide-de-Camp, Chief of Staff, Assistant Chief of Staff, Chaplain, Inspector General, Judge Advocate General, Provost Marshal General, Quartermaster General, Surgeon General; Navy commissioned officers: Admiral of the Fleet, Fleet Admiral, Admiral, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant, Lieutenant, junior grade; Ensign, Army and Marine Corps noncommissioned officers: Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Mate, Corporal, Lance Corporal, Private First Class, PFC, Private, Navy noncommissioned officers: Master Chief Petty Officer, Senior Chief, Chief, Seaman; temporary officers: Officer Commanding, Commanding Officer or CO*, officer of the day.
officer Law Definition
n
officer of the court
officer Usage Examples
Preposition: of
iaa: Which they increase executive officer of iaa which are administered several financial sources.
Possessives
mess: It retains a particularly fine officers ' mess of 1934 and a good group of technical and domestic buildings ( mostly 1930-34 ).
Converse of object
- authorize: Within 6 months there will be an increase of IS authorized arrest officers from 70 to 200.
- elect: This will be followed by a meeting of the officers elected under the Chairmanship of the AGM Chairman - to elect officers to posts.
- appoint: Neither society, however, saw fit to appoint road safety officers; these would come along much later in history.
- nominate: Ensure that the individual has the nominated officer 's contact details.
- investigate: If PANI decides that formal investigation is necessary it is required to appoint an investigating officer and refer the case to the ICPC.
- designate: The LA designated officer then decides whether to involve social care or the police.
Adjective modifier
- chief: The decision whether to appoint CSOs is a matter for individual chief officers.
- senior: We spoke to a senior police officer about the questions _ " do you have nukes etc?
- commanding: Brigadier Shaun Cowlam, commanding officer of the brigade, is leading the party, which is studying locations for a British base.
- executive: Which they increase executive officer of iaa which are administered several financial sources.
- naval: Mick was born in Cyprus, the son of a naval officer.
- medical: You maintain that despite frequent requests you were never examined by the company's medical officer.
Noun used with modifier
- police: Monument police officer no limit texas players also tend.
- liaison: The brigade for which I was liaison officer attacked with 75 tanks of which 3 tanks survived.
- probation: Social organizations, recommendations of magistrates and probation officers, possibly Prisoners ' Aid Societies and Borstal Associations.
- enforcement: An enforcement officer covers the whole district, working with other team members.
- prison: The answers also revealed that Lewes Prison has 5 fewer prison officers than operational staffing requirements dictate.
- immigration: We welcome the 600 extra immigration officers announced by the Prime Minister in his speech in Dover.
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