officer
see also: Officer
Etymology
Officer
Proper noun
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see also: Officer
Etymology
From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius, from Latin officium + -ārius.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈɒfɪsə/
- (weak vowel) IPA: /ˈɒfəsə/
- (America) IPA: /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel) IPA: /ˈɔfəsɚ/
- (cot-caught) IPA: /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
- (weak vowel) IPA: /ˈɑfəsɚ/
- (dialectal, informal) IPA: /ˈɒfsə/
officer (plural officers)
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. - A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
One who holds a public office. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative. (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
- French: fonctionnaire, officier
- German: Funktionär, Funktionärin
- Italian: funzionario
- Portuguese: oficial, comandante, agente
- Russian: слу́жащий
- Spanish: oficial
- Spanish: comisario
- French: fonctionnaire
- German: Beamter, Beamtin
- Portuguese: funcionário público
- Russian: чино́вник
- French: officier, officière
- German: Offizier, Offizierin
- Italian: ufficiale, agente
- Portuguese: oficial, executor, agente
- Russian: офице́р
- Spanish: oficial
officer (officers, present participle officering; simple past and past participle officered)
- (transitive) To supply with officers.
- (transitive) To command as or like an officer.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC ↗:
- Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over.
Officer
Proper noun
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