officer
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
officer/ˈɒfɪsə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a person holding a position of authority, especially a member of the armed forces who holds a commission or a member of the police force.
■ a bailiff.
- 2 a holder of a post, especially of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office.
- 3 a member of a certain grade in some honorary orders, such as the grade next below commander in the Order of the British Empire.
'officer' also found in these Oxford entries:
acting pilot officer
- adjutant
- adjutant general
- admiral
- aide-de-camp
- air chief marshal
- air commodore
- air marshal
- air officer
- air vice-marshal
- all-points bulletin
- askari
- Attorney General
- bailie
- bailiff
- batman
- baton
- beadle
- beat
- Bircher
- bluebottle
- boatswain
- bobby
- bombardier
- brass hat
- brevet
- brigade major
- brigadier
- brigadier general
- busy
- captain
- captain general
- caution
- CEO
- chamberlain
- chancellor
- chief inspector
- chief of staff
- chief petty officer
- chief technician
- chief warrant officer
- clerk
- CO
- colonel
- colour sergeant
- command
- commandant
- commander
- commander-in-chief
- commissaire
