officer

of·fi·cer

 (ô′fĭ-sər, ŏf′ĭ-)

n.

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

2.

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

b. A noncommisioned officer or warrant officer.

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 officārius, from Latin officium, service, duty; see office.]

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officer

(ˈɒfɪsə)

n

1. (Military) a person in the armed services who holds a position of responsibility, authority, and duty, esp one who holds a commission

2. (Law) See police officer

3. (Nautical Terms) (on a non-naval ship) any person including the captain and mate, who holds a position of authority and responsibility: radio officer; engineer officer.

4. a person appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in a government, society, etc

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government official: a customs officer.

6. (in the Order of the British Empire) a member of the grade below commander

vb (tr)

7. to furnish with officers

8. to act as an officer over (some section, group, organization, etc)

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of•fi•cer

(ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-)
n.

1. a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the armed services, esp. one holding a commission.

2. a member of a police department or a constable.

3. a person appointed or elected to some position of responsibility or authority in some organization.

4. a person licensed to take full or partial responsibility for the operation of a ship.

5. (in some honorary orders) a member of any rank except the lowest.

6. Obs. an agent.

v.t.

7. to furnish with officers.

8. to manage.

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officer

– official – office worker

1. 'officer'

An officer is a person who has a position of authority in the armed forces.

...a retired army officer.

Officer is also used in the name of some people's jobs.

He was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer.

Suddenly the press officer came out and announced the result.

2. 'official'

An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization, especially a government department or a trade union.

Government officials have rejected calls for international intervention.

Management and union officials agreed to go to the Labour Relations Commission today.

3. 'office worker'

You do not use 'officer' or 'official' to refer to someone who works in an office. A person like this is called an office worker.

Office workers have been found to make more mistakes when distracted by traffic noise.

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officer

Past participle: officered
Gerund: officering

Imperative

officer

officer

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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"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

officer

noun

1. official, executive, agent, representative, bureaucrat, public servant, appointee, dignitary, functionary, office-holder, office bearer a local education authority officer

2. police officer, detective, PC, police constable, police man, police woman an officer in the West Midlands police force

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

officer

noun

1. A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization:

administrant, administrator, director, executive, manager, official.

Informal: exec.

2. A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman.

Informal: cop, law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

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Translations

ضَابِطٌضابِطضابِط شُرْطَه

důstojník

officer=-embedsmand

OffizierBeamteFunktionär

αξιωματικός

oficialfuncionario

upseerivirkamiesasiamies

officierfonctionnairekeufagent

časnik

katonatiszttisztköztisztviselőrendőr

embættismaîur; lögreglumaîurliîsforingi, offisér

ufficialefunzionario

士官

장교

officier

offisertjenestemann

urzędnik

oficial

офицерслужащийчиновник

dôstojník

častnikpolicajuradnik

officer

นายทหาร

görevli memurmemursubay

chỉ huysĩ quan

公务员军官官员船长警官

officer

[ˈɒfɪsəʳ]

A. N

1. (Mil, Naut, Aer) → oficial mf
an officer and a gentleman → un oficial y un caballero

2. (= official) → funcionario/a m/f; [of company] → directivo(a) m/f
the officers of a company → los directivos or la junta directiva de una empresa

3. (= police officer) → policía mf, agente mf de policía
excuse me, officer → perdone agente

B. VT (= command) → mandar; [+ staff] → proveer de oficiales
to be well officered → tener buena oficialidad

C. CPD officer of the day N (Mil) → oficial mf del día
officer of the watch N (Naut) → oficial mf de guardia
officers' mess N → comedor m de oficiales

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

officer

[ˈɒfɪsə^r] n

(in military) → officier m

(also police officer) → agent mf, policier/ière m/f
Thank you, Officer → Merci Monsieur l'agent.

[organization] → membre m du bureau directeurofficers' mess n → mess m des officiers
a party at the officers' mess → une fête au mess des officiersOfficers' Training Corps n (British) corps volontaire de formation d'officiersoffice work n → travail m de bureauoffice worker n → employé(e) m/f de bureau

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

officer

n

(Mil, Naut, Aviat) → Offizier(in) m(f); officer of the day → diensthabender Offizier, Offizier m → vom Dienst; Officers’ Training Corps (Brit) Verband zur Offiziersausbildung

(= official) → Beamte(r) m, → Beamtin f; (= police officer) → Polizeibeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f, → Polizist(in) m(f); (of club, society) → Vorstandsmitglied nt, → Funktionär(in) m(f); medical officer → Amtsarzt m → /-ärztin f; (Mil) → Stabsarzt m → /-ärztin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

officer

[ˈɒfɪsəʳ] n

a. (Mil, Naut, Aer) → ufficiale m
officers' mess → mensa degli ufficiali

b. (official) → funzionario
police officer → agente m di polizia
excuse me, officer → mi scusi, agente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

office

(ˈofis) noun

1. the room or building in which the business of a firm is done. The firm's head offices are in New York; (also adjective) office furniture. kantoor مَكْتَب الشَّرِكَه офис escritório kancelář(ský) das Büro, Büro-... kontor; kontor- γραφείο, έδραdespacho, oficina kontor, büroo اداره؛ دفتر toimisto bureauמשרד दफ्तर ured hivatal kantor skrifstofa ufficio; da ufficio 事務所 회사 kontora, būstinė, raštinė kantoris; birojs; iestāde pejabat kantoorkontorbiuro د كار خونه،دفتر escritório (de) birou офис kancelária; kancelársky urad kancelarija kontor สำนักงาน büro, ofis, iş yeri 辦事處 офіс; контора مقام کاروبار văn phòng 办事处

2. the room in which a particular person works. the bank manager's office. kantoor مَكْتَب المُوظَّف офис escritório kancelář das Büro kontor γραφείο, χώρος εργασίαςdespacho, oficina kabinet اتاق کار toimisto bureauמשרד कार्यालय ured, kancelarija iroda kantor (einka)skrifstofa ufficio 事務室 사무소 kabinetas kabinets pejabat kantoorkontorbiuro, pokój د كار ځاى gabinete birou кабинет kancelária pisarna kancelarija kontor ห้องทำงาน büro, ofis, yazıhane 辦公室 кабінет دفتر phòng làm việc 办公室

3. a room or building used for a particular purpose. Train tickets are bought at the ticket-office. kantoor مَكْتَب التَّذاكِر бюро escritório pokladna das Amt, der Schalter -kontor γραφείο, τμήμαoficina kontor, kassa دفتر؛ باجه toimisto bureauמשרד कार्यालय, दफ्तर ured iroda tempat penjualan skrifstofa; miðasala biglietteria 事業所 (특수한 목적의) 장소 įstaiga, skyrius, ministerija, kasa, punktas ministrija; kase; redakcija pejabat kantoorkontor, lukebiuro, kasa غرفه bilheteira ghişeu контора; касса pokladňa poslovalnica biletarnica kontor, expedition ห้อง ofis, bölüm 售票處 бюро خاص مقصد کا کمرہ phòng chuyên dụng 售票处

4. a position of authority, especially in or as a government. Our party has not been in office for years; the office of mayor. amp مَنْصِب، سُلْطَه на власт cargo vládní moc, úřad, funkce das Amt embede εξουσία, αξίωμαcargo amet وزارت؛ اداره virka charge, fonctionתפקיד पद ured hivatal jabatan embætti, staða, stjórn carica, incarico 役職 관직, 공직 valdžia, postas, pareigos amats; postenis; vara kuasa; jawatan ambtembete; posisjonurząd وزارت cargo poziţie de auto­ritate должность; нахождение у власти vládna moc, úrad, funkcia na oblasti položaj inneha sitt ämbete, vara vid makten ตำแหน่ง görev, iktidar 職務 служба, посада منصب cơ quan 职务

ˈofficer noun

1. a person holding a commission in the army, navy or air force. a naval officer. offisier ضابِط офицер oficial důstojník der Offizier officer; -officer αξιωματικόςoficial ohvitser افسر upseeri officierקצין अधिकारी časnik (katona)tiszt perwira liðsforingi, offisér ufficiale 将校 장교 karininkas virsnieks pegawai officieroffiseroficer افسر oficial ofiţer офицер dôstojník častnik oficir officer นายทหาร subay 軍官，警官，船長 офіцер افسر، عہدے دار sĩ quan 军官，警官，船长

2. a person who carries out a public duty. a police-officer. amptenaar, beampte, konstabel ضابِط شُرْطَه чиновник oficial policista der Beamte/die Beamtin -embedsmand υπάλληλος, αξιωματούχοςfuncionario ametnik مامور viranomainen fonctionnaireממונה अफ़सर, पदाधिकारी javni službenik köztisztviselő; rendőr petugas embættismaður; lögreglumaður funzionario 役人 공무원 pareigūnas, tarnautojas amatpersona; darbinieks; policists pegawai ambtenaarembetsmann, tjenestemann, –mann funkcjonariusz مامور oficial ofiţer de poliţie должностное лицо policajt uradnik zvaničnik tjänsteman, konstapel เจ้าหน้าที่รัฐ memur 公務人員，警官 полісмен, констебль اہل کار، عوامي خدمت گزار viên chức 公务员，警官

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officer

→ ضَابِطٌ důstojník officer Offizier αξιωματικός oficial upseeri officier časnik ufficiale 士官 장교 officier offiser urzędnik oficial офицер officer นายทหาร görevli memur sĩ quan 官员

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