Definition of Officer. Meaning of Officer. Synonyms of Officer

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Definition of Officer

Officer
Officer 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.
Officer
Officer 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.

Meaning of Officer from wikipedia

- enforcement officer Police officer Security officer Officer (armed forces) Commanding officer Petty officer Chief Medical Officer Foreign Service Officer, a diplomatic...
- A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer, chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of...
- A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages...
- Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification,...
- A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not pursued a commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority...
- Junior officer, company officer or company grade officer refers to the lowest operational commissioned officer category of ranks in a military or paramilitary...
- warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned officer ranks, the most senior of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks...
- officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer"...
- senior officer is an officer of a more senior grade in military or other uniformed services. In military organisations, the term may refer to any officer above...
- The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is ****igned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances...