officer

officer
Synonyms and related words:
ADC, CO, G-man, John Law, MP, OD, administrator, aide, aide-de-camp, apparatchik, archon, bailiff, beadle, beagle, boatswain, bound bailiff, brigadier, brigadier general, bureaucrat, captain, catchpole, chancellor, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief executive, chief executive officer, chief mate, chief of police, chief of staff, civil servant, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commissioner, company officer, constable, cop, copper, dean, deck officer, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, dick, dignitary, director, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, fed, federal, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, flic, four-star general, functionary, functionnaire, fuzz, gendarme, general, general officer, generalissimo, government man, inspector, jack-in-office, jemadar, junior officer, lawman, lictor, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, mace-bearer, magistrate, major, major general, management, manager, managing director, mandarin, marechal, marshal, master, mate, mounted policeman, narc, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, office-bearer, officeholder, official, officiary, one-star general, orderly officer, patrolman, patron, peace officer, petty tyrant, pipes, placeman, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, prefect, president, prexy, provost, public official, public servant, quartermaster, red-tapist, reeve, risaldar, roundsman, sailing master, second mate, secretary, senior officer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, shavetail, sheriff, shipmaster, sirdar, skipper, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, superintendent, tec, the Old Man, the administration, the brass, three-star general, tipstaff, tipstaves, top brass, treasurer, trooper, two-star general, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warden, watch officer

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  • officer — of‧fi‧cer [ˈɒfsə ǁ ˈɒːfsər, ˈɑː ] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES someone who has an important position in an organization. Officer is often used in job titles: • a local government officer • a personnel officer caˈreers ˌofficer HUMAN… …   Financial and business terms

  • officer — of·fic·er n 1: one charged with administering or enforcing the law a police officer 2: one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command the directors, officer s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation 3: one who holds a position of… …   Law dictionary

  • Officer — Of fi*cer, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. I am an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • officer — [n1] person who has high position in organization administrator, agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, officeholder, official, president, public …   New thesaurus

  • officer — [ôf′i sər, äf′i sər] n. [ME < Anglo Fr & OFr officier < ML officiarius < L officium,OFFICE] 1. anyone elected or appointed to an office or position of authority in a government, business, institution, society, etc. 2. a police officer or …   English World dictionary

  • Officer — Of fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • officer — (n.) early 14c., one who holds an office (originally a high office), from O.Fr. officer, from M.L. officarius, from L. officium (see OFFICE (Cf. office)). The military sense is first recorded 1560s. Applied to petty officials of justice from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • officer — ► NOUN 1) a person holding a position of authority, especially a member of the armed forces who holds a commission or a member of the police force. 2) a holder of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office …   English terms dictionary

  • Officer — Contents 1 Military 2 Shipping industry 3 Law enforcement 4 …   Wikipedia

  • officer — Person holding office of trust, command or authority in corporation, government, armed services, or other institution or organization. In corporations, a person charged with important functions of management such as president, vice president,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • officer — noun 1 in the army, navy, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ air force, army, military, naval ▪ commanding, high ranking, ranking, senior, superior …   Collocations dictionary

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