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.

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

2. officer(Noun)

   One who holds a public office.

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

3. officer(Noun)

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

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

4. officer(Noun)

   A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."

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

5. officer(Verb)

   To supply with officers.

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

6. officer(Verb)

   To command like an officer.

   Etymology: 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.

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?

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   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. Daniel Bongino:

   And I think it's now time for either the Justice Department, perhaps, or every single police department to review this, the deputy status, because we're going to see more and more of this kind of thing, if it isn't happening more than we even know. you go through a police academy, and you're primarily used in traffic situations, busy shopping areas. They're not armed, they're usually with an armed regular police officer. I think it's a far better model.

2. Ibrahim Sidibe:

   Imagine that two people get killed, and you have to wait 10 years for this - aw! If I were to kill a police officer, believe me, I think I would be naked at the station, and I can't even imagine what would happen next, what happened to Zyed and Bouna could have happened to anybody here.

3. David Workman:

   This appears to be a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, i can't find -- nor can anybody else find -- any evidence that any of these bullets has ever been fired from a handgun that's harmed a police officer.

4. Rod Skirvin:

   Officer Valenti is accepting of the suspension and is not going to fight it, officer Valenti wishes to extend an apology to the David Hogg family and any family that was offended by his comment. Officer Valenti realizes Officer Valenti comments were insensitive and deeply regrets what Officer Valenti has done.

5. Mickey McDermott:

   We're sorry Mr. Gunn's life was taken, but Mr. Gunn placed himself in a position to where this officer had to use the progressive levels of force that we train him in.

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