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Noun: officer  ó-fi-su(r)
  1. 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"; "he is an officer of the court";
    - officeholder
     
  2. (military) any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
    "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"; "The military officer briefed her troops on the upcoming mission";
    - military officer
     
  3. A member of a police force
    "it was an accident, officer";
    - police officer, bobby [Brit, informal], plod [Brit, informal]
     
  4. A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
    "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines";
    - ship's officer
Verb: officer  ó-fi-su(r)
  1. Direct or command as an officer
    "She officered the naval vessel with great skill"
     
  2. Supply with an officer or officers
    "The new platoon was officered by recent graduates from the military academy"

Derived forms: officered, officers, officering

Type of: command, functionary, gob [US, informal], holder, Jack [informal], Jack-tar, law officer, mariner, military personnel, official, old salt, peace officer, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, servicewoman, tar

Part of: Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], the fuzz [informal]

Encyclopedia: Officer, Robert