officer
Contents
EnglishEdit
A military officer
EtymologyEdit
From Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French, from Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfɪsə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
-
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cer
NounEdit
officer (plural officers)
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
-
1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
-
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization
|
|
one who holds a public office
agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative
contraction of the term "commissioned officer"
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
VerbEdit
officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)
- (transitive) To supply with officers.
- (transitive) To command like an officer.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to command like an officer