Officer

Officer

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Officer may refer to:

Military

Shipping industry

  • Captain (nautical) the person in charge of a merchant ship
  • Chief Officer typically the person in charge of the deck department of a merchant ship
  • Second Officer typically the navigator and medical officer on a merchant ship
  • Third Officer typically the safety officer on a merchant ship

Law enforcement

Politics and government

Ceremonial and other contexts

Places in Australia

Other


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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 — 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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