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What (who) is Officer - definition
PERSON WHO HAS A POSITION OF AUTHORITY IN A HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION; SEE ALSO OFFICIAL (Q599151)
Officers; Officership; Officerships; Grand Officer; Grand officer
officer
(officers)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
In the armed forces, an officer is a person in a position of authority.
...a retired British army officer...
Her husband served during the Civil War as an officer in the White Army.
N-COUNT
2.
An officer is a person who has a responsible position in an organization, especially a government organization.
...a local authority education officer.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
Members of the police force can be referred to as officers.
...senior officers in the West Midlands police force...
Thank you, Officer.
N-COUNT: usu with supp; N-VOC
4.
Officer
·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
III. Officer ·vt To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
IV. Officer ·noun 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.
officer
n.
Official, functionary, magistrate.
Wikipedia
Officer
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French officier), from Medieval Latin officiarius "an officer," from Latin officium "a service, a duty" the late Latin from officiarius, meaning "official."
Examples of use of Officer
1. Edward Dunnigan, Officer Edward Dwyer, and Officer George Bubaris.
2. Eltahir refusal to confess to the alleged murder, PIF officer Waleed and a second Officer named as Galal in the presence of Officer Elsanwse Abutalib and Officer Mohammed Dod tied her hands and legs.
3. Former Atlanta police officer Arthur Tesler was the only officer to go to trial.
4. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pittman, described him as "a thoroughly capable officer.
5. But in a brief closing argument, Baker told hearing Officer Officer Col.