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n. One who holds an office of authority or trust in an organization, such as a corporation or government.

n. One who holds a commission in the armed forces.

n. A person licensed in the merchant marine as master, mate, chief engineer, or assistant engineer.

n. A police officer.

v. To furnish with officers.

v. To command or manage as an officer.

n. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

n. One who holds a public office.

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

n. A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."

v. To supply with officers.

v. To command like an officer.

n. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical

n. Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer or an enlisted man.

v. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

v. To command as an officer.

n. One who holds an office, or to whom has been intrusted a share in the management or direction of some business or undertaking, such as a society, corporation, company, etc., or who fills some position involving responsibility, to which he has been formally appointed.

n. Specifically, a person holding a public office, under a national, state, or municipal government, and authorized thereby to exercise some specific function: as, an officer of the Treasury Department; a custom-house or excise officer; law officers; a court officer.

n. Used absolutely: One who holds a commission in the army or navy.

n. In the law of corporations, one who holds an office, such as a director or cashier, as distinguished from one who is an employee, as a bookkeeper.

n. A policeman, constable, or beadle.

n. In some honorary orders, a member of higher rank than the lowest; in the Legion of Honor, the degree next higher than that of chevalier or knight.

To minister; be of service.

To furnish with officers; appoint officers over.

To serve as officers for.

n. a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

v. direct or command as an officer

n. any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

n. a member of a police force

n. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

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general officer    officer of the watch   

officered    officering    officers   

command   

officer of arms    chief officer    steerage officer    officer of the day    officer of the deck    executive officer    officer de facto    gun-room officer    orderly officer    navigating officer   

office    officiate    official    NCO    CO   

officered    officering    non-commissioned officer   

office-bearer    officiary    official    dogberry    bureaucrat    direct    conduct    manage   

soldier    member    official    person    friend    guard    doctor    servant    company    agent