Noun
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
Source: WordNetMy father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term. He was a total Stalinist. A bit with a streak of anti-Semitism and very shrewd man, a very kind of nervous man. Mikhail Baryshnikov
This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information. John Scarlett
That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace. Juan Manuel Santos
an officer is responsible for the lives of his men Source: Internet
After the 2014 Gaza War, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, Army General Martin Dempsey, told the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs that the IDF “went to extraordinary lengths” to limit civilian casualties. Source: Internet
A military officer holds a Cyprus flag during a military parade marking 60th anniversary of Cyprus' independence from British colonial rule in Nicosia in the divided island of Cyprus, on October 1, 2020. Source: Internet