officer : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)
  

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• noun an officer in the airforce
  commander.
  

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• noun an officer in the armed forces
  
  • he's a retired army officer

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• noun an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service
  

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• noun the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
  CEO; chief executive officer.
  

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• noun the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
  CFO.
  

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• noun the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
  CEO; chief executive officer.
  

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• noun a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
  

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• noun a church official
  

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• noun a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
  civil authority.
  

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• noun an officer in command of a military unit
  commandant; commander.
  

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• (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distingtion from a noncommossioned or warrant officer.

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• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
  

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• noun a commissioned officer in the navy
  

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• noun a military officer holding a commission
  

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• noun a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
  

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• an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

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• noun a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
  rat-catcher.
  

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• noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
  enlisted officer; noncom.
  

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• noun the officer second in command
  

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• noun an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
  field officer; FO.
  

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• (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general.

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• etc. See under Field, General. etc.

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• (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow.

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• noun an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
  field officer; FO.
  

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• noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
  treasurer.
  

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• (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as First mate (above).

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• noun a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
  

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• the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.

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• noun officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
  

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• (Mil.), any officer having a rank above that of colonel.

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• one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.

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• noun an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
  hearing examiner.
  

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• noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
  intelligence agent; secret agent; operative.
  

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• noun an officer of the law
  law officer; lawman.
  

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• noun a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
  

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• noun a medical practitioner in the armed forces
  medic.
  

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• noun any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
  officer.
  
  • an officer is responsible for the lives of his men

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• noun an officer in the navy
  

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• . (a) An officer in the navy . (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.

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• noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
  enlisted officer; noncom.
  

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• (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.

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• (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp.

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• (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.

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• noun a mess for the exclusive use of officers
  

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• the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. Farrow.

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• noun an officer of the law
  law officer; lawman.
  

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• a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable.

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• noun a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
  PO; P.O..
  

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• a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.

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• a policeman.

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• noun a member of a police force
  officer; policeman.
  
  • it was an accident, officer

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• noun the leader of a group meeting
  

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• noun the officer of the court who supervises probationers
  

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• noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
  prosecuting attorney; public prosecutor; prosecutor.
  

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• noun a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
  ROTC.
  

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• noun the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
  

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• noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
  SCPO.
  

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• noun a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
  officer.
  
  • he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines

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• noun a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
  

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• noun a commissioned officer responsible for logistics
  

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• noun holds rank by virtue of a warrant
  

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• a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.

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