First-officer Definition

noun

The copilot of an aircraft.

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The chief mate of a merchant ship.
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The executive officer, second in command of a naval vessel.

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The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador.

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Air Transport Auxiliary rank corresponding to Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force.
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Other Word Forms of First-officer

Noun

Singular:
first-officer
Plural:
first officers

First-officer Sentence Examples

  • In the pilot, the First Officer was a woman; that, at least, the network forced Roddenberry to alter in subsequent episodes.

  • He was the first officer of the crown, the most able man in the kingdom, prudent, sagacious and devoted to the royal party.

  • When the revolution of 1830 broke out he was stationed at Arras, and was the first officer of his regiment to declare for the new order of things.

  • He was the first officer sent by the Tokugawa government to study naval science in Europe, and after going through a course of instruction in Holland he returned in command of the frigate "Kaiyo Maru," built at Amsterdam to order of the Yedo administration.

  • Drawing by first officer (A.P.) An intensely white, fluorescent light was emitted by the object.

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