What's The Definition Of Officer?
[n] any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
[n] 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"
[n] a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
[n] a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
[v] direct or command as an officer
Synonyms | Synonyms for Officer: military officer |
officeholder |
police officer |
policeman |
ship's officer
Related Terms | Find terms related to Officer: ADC |
administrator |
aide |
aide-de-camp |
apparatchik |
archon |
bailiff |
beadle |
beagle |
boatswain |
bound bailiff |
brigadier |
brigadier general |
bureaucrat |
captain |
catchpole |
chancellor |
chicken colonel |
chief engineer |
chief executive |
chief executive officer |
chief mate |
chief of police |
chief of staff |
civil servant |
CO |
colonel |
commandant |
commander |
commander in chief |
commanding officer |
commissioned officer |
commissioner |
company officer |
constable |
cop |
copper |
dean |
deck officer |
deputy |
deputy sheriff |
detective |
dick |
dignitary |
director |
exec |
executive |
executive director |
executive officer |
executive secretary |
fed |
federal |
field marshal |
field officer |
first lieutenant |
five-star general |
flic |
four-star general |
functionary |
functionnaire |
fuzz |
gendarme |
general |
general officer |
generalissimo |
G-man |
government man |
inspector |
jack-in-office |
jemadar |
John Law |
junior officer |
lawman |
lictor |
lieutenant |
lieutenant colonel |
lieutenant general |
mace-bearer |
magistrate |
major |
major general |
management |
manager |
managing director |
mandarin |
marechal |
marshal |
master |
mate |
mounted policeman |
MP |
narc |
naval officer |
navigating officer |
navigator |
OD |
office-bearer |
officeholder |
official |
officiary |
one-star general |
orderly officer |
patrolman |
patron |
peace officer |
petty tyrant |
pipes |
placeman |
police |
police captain |
police commissioner |
police constable |
police inspector |
police matron |
police officer |
police sergeant |
policeman |
policewoman |
portreeve |
prefect |
president |
prexy |
provost |
public official |
public servant |
quartermaster |
red-tapist |
reeve |
risaldar |
roundsman |
sailing master |
second mate |
secretary |
senior officer |
sergeant |
sergeant at arms |
shavetail |
sheriff |
shipmaster |
sirdar |
skipper |
staff officer |
subahdar |
subaltern |
sublieutenant |
superintendent |
tec |
the administration |
the brass |
the Old Man |
three-star general |
tipstaff |
tipstaves |
top brass |
treasurer |
trooper |
two-star general |
vice-chancellor |
vice-president |
warden |
watch officer
See Also | adjutant |
aide |
aide-de-camp |
army officer |
bobby |
brass hat |
bull |
captain |
chief of staff |
command |
commandant |
commander |
commanding officer |
commissioned officer |
constable |
constabulary |
cop |
copper |
desk officer |
detective |
executive officer |
first mate |
functionary |
fuzz |
gendarme |
gob |
inspector |
inspector general |
investigator |
Jack |
Jack-tar |
law |
law officer |
lawman |
man |
mariner |
master |
mate |
military man |
military personnel |
motorcycle cop |
motorcycle policeman |
Mountie |
naval officer |
navigator |
noncom |
noncommissioned officer |
official |
old salt |
peace officer |
pig |
police |
police captain |
police chief |
police constable |
police detective |
police force |
police matron |
policewoman |
privateer |
privateersman |
probation officer |
purser |
sailing master |
sea captain |
sea dog |
seafarer |
seaman |
sergeant at arms |
serjeant-at-arms |
serviceman |
shoofly |
skipper |
speed cop |
state trooper |
steward |
supercargo |
tar |
tec |
traffic cop |
trooper |
warrant officer
Officer In Webster's Dictionary
\Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf.
{Official}, n.]
1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with
an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as,
a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. ``I
am an officer of state.'' --Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in
distinction from a warrant officer.
{Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field},
{General}. etc.
{Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day,
has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and
police of the post or camp.
{Officer of the deck}, or {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the
officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel,
esp. a war vessel.
\Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Officering}.]
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
--Marshall.
2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments
officered the recruits.
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