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Noun: ship's officer
  1. A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
    "he is the ship's officer in charge of the ship's engines";
    - officer

Derived forms: ship's officers

Type of: gob [US, informal], Jack [informal], Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar

Encyclopedia: Ship's officer