officer
See also: Officer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfɪsə/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɒfəsə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔfəsɚ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑfəsɚ/
- (dialectal, informal) IPA(key): /ˈɒfsə/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cer
Noun
editofficer (plural officers)
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- 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 terms
edit- accountable disbursing officer
- accountable officer
- animal control officer
- brother-officer
- bylaw officer
- careers officer
- case officer
- chief executive officer
- chief experience officer
- chief financial officer
- chief information officer
- chief legal officer
- chief operating officer
- chief petty officer
- chief petty officer first class
- chief petty officer second class
- chief technical officer
- chief technological officer
- chief technology officer
- civil enforcement officer
- commanding officer
- commissioned officer
- community police officer
- correctional officer
- correction officer
- corrections officer
- customs officer
- detention officer
- dog officer
- duty officer
- executive officer
- field officer
- first officer
- flag officer
- flying officer
- general officer
- grounds officer
- guest relation officer
- honorary officer
- house officer
- intelligence officer
- judicial officer
- liaison officer
- line officer
- loan officer
- master chief petty officer
- naval officer
- non-commissioned officer
- noncommissioned officer
- officer cadet
- officer down
- officer-involved
- officer-involved shooting
- officerless
- officer-like
- officerly
- officer of the court
- officer of the peace
- outdoor officer
- parole officer
- patrol officer
- peace officer
- penal officer
- petty officer
- petty officer first class
- petty officer second class
- petty officer third class
- pilot officer
- police officer
- press officer
- prison officer
- probation officer
- public information officer
- public officer
- radio officer
- range safety officer
- relieving officer
- resource officer
- returning officer
- riding officer
- riot police officer
- sabbatical officer
- school resource officer
- second officer
- security officer
- senior chief petty officer
- sheriff officer
- staff officer
- third officer
- traffic officer
- truant officer
- warrant officer
- warrant officer 2
- warrant officer class 1
- warrant officer class 2
Related terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editone who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization
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a respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer
one who holds a public office
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agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative
contraction of the term "commissioned officer"
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Verb
editofficer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)
- (transitive) To supply with officers.
- (transitive) To command as or like an officer.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over.
- 1929, Robert Graves, chapter 10, in Good-Bye to All That[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 115:
- The regular battalions of the regiment, though officered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks.
- 1992, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 306:
- [A]t least a quarter of those who fought and died in the Great War were prosperous with spacious homes, and to this class belonged nearly all who had ordered and officered the carnage.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editto command like an officer
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficer
Etymology
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Latin officiārius; equivalent to office + -er.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editofficer (plural officers)
- A hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve, especially at an estate.
- An official or officeholder; the holder of a prominent office or position.
- A municipal, local or societal official or officeholder.
- A religious or ecclesiastical official or officeholder.
- (religion) A deputy or subordinate of the forces of good or evil.
- (rare) One who supervises or organises jousting.
- (rare) A member or leader of a military force.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “offī̆cē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editofficer oblique singular, m (oblique plural officers, nominative singular officers, nominative plural officer)
References
edit- officer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Swedish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editofficer c
- officer, a military person of fänrik grade or higher
- (archaic) ämbetsman, tjänsteman; one who holds a public office
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | officer | officers |
definite | officeren | officerens | |
plural | indefinite | officerare | officerares |
definite | officerarna | officerarnas |
Derived terms
edit- arméofficer
- artilleriofficer
- dagofficer
- flygofficer
- frälsningsofficer
- förbindelseofficer
- gendarmeriofficer
- marinofficer
- officerare
- officersaspirant
- officersgrad
- officersjunta
- officerskår
- officersmäss
- officersskola
- officersutbildning
- reservofficer
- sambandsofficer
- sjöofficer
- specialistofficer
- stabsofficer
- stamofficer
- säkerhetsofficer
- underofficer
- underrättelseofficer
- yrkesofficer
References
edit- officer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- officer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- officer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- officer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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