officer

of·fi·cer  (ôf-sr, f-)

n.

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

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

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

4. A police officer.

tr.v. of·fi·cered, of·fi·cer·ing, of·fi·cers

1. To furnish with officers.

2. To command or manage as an officer.

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[Middle English, from Old French officier, from Medieval Latin officrius, from Latin officium, service, duty; see office.]

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officer

Noun

1. a person in the armed services, or on a non-naval ship, who holds a position of authority

2. a policeman or policewoman

3. a person holding a position of authority in a government or organization

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" military officer armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer army officer - an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer" brass hat - a high-ranking military officer chief of staff - the senior officer of a service of the armed forces commandant, commander, commanding officer - an officer in command of a military unit commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission desk officer - a military officer who is not assigned to active duty executive officer - the officer second in command inspector general - a military officer responsible for investigations military adviser, military advisor - a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation naval officer - an officer in the navy enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel military man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" warrant officer - holds rank by virtue of a warrant Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
	2.	officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" officeholder holder - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport" functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office probation officer - the officer of the court who supervises probationers sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms - an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
	3.	officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer" police officer, policeman constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" bobby - an informal term for a British policeman cop, fuzz, copper, pig, bull - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman police captain, police chief, captain - a policeman in charge of a precinct police constable, constable - a police officer of the lowest rank detective, police detective, tec, investigator - a police officer who investigates crimes gendarme - a French policeman inspector - a high ranking police officer law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop - a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) police matron, policewoman - a woman policeman Mountie - colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shoofly - an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen traffic cop - a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic trooper - a mounted policeman state trooper, trooper - a state police officer
	4.	officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" ship's officer Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor sea captain, skipper, captain, master - an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship first mate, mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship privateer, privateersman - an officer or crew member of a privateer purser - an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare navigator, sailing master - the ship's officer in charge of navigation steward - the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements supercargo - an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
Verb	1.	officer - direct or command as an officer command - be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"

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officer

noun 1. official, executive, agent, representative, bureaucrat, public servant, appointee, dignitary, functionary, office-holder, office bearer

noun 2. police officer, detective, PC, police constable, police man, police woman

Translations

officer [ˈɔfɪsəʳ] n (MIL etc) → oficial m/f [of organization] → director(a) m/f (also: police officer) → agente m/f de policía

officer [ˈɔfɪsəʳ] n (Mil etc) → officier m;

(also: police officer) → agent m (de police) [of organization]; membre m du bureau directeur

officer [ˈɔfɪsəʳ] n (Mil etc) → Offizier m;

(also: police officer) → Polizeibeamte(r) m, Polizeibeamtin f [of organization] → Funktionär m

officer [ˈɔfɪsəʳ] n (MIL etc) → ufficiale m [of organization] → funzionario;

(also: police officer) → agente m di polizia