What does commissioned officer mean?

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com·mis·sioned of·fi·cer

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. commissioned officernoun

    a military officer holding a commission

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  1. commissioned officernoun

    An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.

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  1. commissioned officer

    An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's commissioned officers, the more senior members who derive their authority from a commission from the head of state.

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  1. commissioned officer

    A commissioned officer is a high-ranking member of the military, typically holding a position of authority appointed by a warrant or official letter from the highest level of government. Their rank and position are granted by a commission from the President or the Secretary of Defense, depending on the country. Examples of commissioned officers include lieutenants, captains, majors, colonels, and generals.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of commissioned officer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of commissioned officer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of commissioned officer in a Sentence

  1. Mark Milley:

    It would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken, this country doesn't want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. That's not our job.

  2. Michael McGuire:

    Iserved for nearly 34 years as a commissioned officer and I believe that the country is in need of principled, moral and ethical leadership. I'm looking to bring that as a conservative constitutionalist and I say that the road to 51 leads through Arizona.

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