Definition of Officir
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 officer of state."
Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a
commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant
officer.
Field officer, General
officer, etc. See under Field, General.
etc. -- Officer of the day (Mil.),
the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the
quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. --
Officer of the deck, or Officer of the
watch (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge
on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.
Of"fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Officered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Officering.] 1. To furnish with officers;
to appoint officers over. Marshall.
2. To command as an officer; as, veterans
from old regiments officered the recruits.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- (colloquial, military) A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."
- (transitive): To supply with officers.
- (transitive): To command like an officer.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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