officer

Speech parts

1. officer - Noun

2. officer - Verb

3. Officer - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

policeman police officer military officer commissioner sergeant constable captain trooper patrolman official deputy detective agent representative commander
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Antonyms

prowler employee subordinate subsidiary peer offender
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Hypernyms

jack mariner gob seafarer seaman man

Hyponyms

secretary bobby inspector constable commandant Potemkin

Related terms

co NCO

Phrases with the word

Liaison Officer authorising officer officer down patrol officer senior chief warrant officer senior warrant officer

Derivatives

officered officering

Examples

an officer is responsible for the lives of his men Source: Internet

he is an officer of the court Source: Internet

the club elected its officers for the coming year Source: Internet

he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines Source: Internet

it was an accident, officer Source: Internet

A beautiful curvy Ghanaian police officer identified as Yvonne Appiah has caused heads to roll over her latest birthday photos on social media. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

officeless officelike officemate officer cadet officer cap officer caste of medieval early-modern japan