officer
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,202 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,208 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command also: military officer an officer is responsible for the lives of his men
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust also: officeholder he is an officer of the courtthe club elected its officers for the coming year
- a member of a police force also: policeman, police officer it was an accident, officer
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel also: ship's officer he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
verb
- direct or command as an officer
officer in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Spurious Sportsman is often an officer of the auxiliary forces.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He had some small influence as an officer of the head-quarters' staff.
Barlasch of the Guard · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1
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Or else a cavalry officer; but the two years at Saint Cyr are not very gay.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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You shock me by such an avowal; and your brother, too, an officer of the King.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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Mr. Burton hesitated, and, the widow happening to look away, shook his fist at his superior officer.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1