officer in English dictionary

  • officer

    Meanings and definitions of "officer"

    • One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
    • One who holds a public office.
    • An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
    • (colloquial, military) A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."
    • (transitive) To supply with officers .
    • (transitive) To command like an officer .
    • noun
      One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
    • noun
      One who holds a public office.
    • noun
      An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
    • noun
      ( colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To supply with officers.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To command like an officer.
    • one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization
    • one who holds a public office
    • an agent or servant imparted with the ability to act on initiative
    • a contraction of the term "commissioned officer"
    • (ship’s) officer
    • Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command.
    • 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"
    • noun
      a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
    • 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"
    • noun
      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"
    • verb
      direct or command as an officer

    Synonyms of "officer" in English dictionary

    police officer, law officer, official are the top synonyms of "officer" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of officer

    • officer ( plural  officers)
    • officer ( third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)
    • officer (plural officers)
    • officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)
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