Definitions for officer
ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-of·fi·cer

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. military officer, officer(noun)

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

2. officeholder, officer(noun)

   someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

   "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

3. policeman, police officer, officer(noun)

   a member of a police force

   "it was an accident, officer"

4. officer, ship's officer(verb)

   a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

   "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"

5. officer(verb)

   direct or command as an officer

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. officer(Noun)

   One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

2. officer(Noun)

   One who holds a public office.

3. officer(Noun)

   An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.

4. officer(Noun)

   A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."

5. officer(Verb)

   To supply with officers.

6. officer(Verb)

   To command like an officer.

Origin: From officer, officier, from officiarius, from officium + -arius.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. officer

   A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a ship's company who ranks above the fore-mast men.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. officer

   A job title or rank of a person in the official army of a government.

   The army has a number of officers within each regiment.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1150

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #975

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Nouns Frequency: #210

How to pronounce officer?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say officer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of officer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of officer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of officer in a Sentence

1. Akhil Amar:

   A truly inferior officer.

2. Cleveland Police:

   No officer wants to do that.

3. Harry Houck:

   I'm 100% behind this officer.

4. Roy Jones:

   You show the officer respect.

5. Mark Koller:

   He was an ideal police officer.

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