officers
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
An inflected form of officer · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,579 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,537 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.005% 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
officers 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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Ambassadors, Courtiers, Lawyers, Officers, Physicians, Conjurer, Armourer, Attendants.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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A slight pause ensued, and the chief officers of the Garter made their appearance.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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The officers appointed to defend the rights of the Plebeians against the encroachments of the Patricians.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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It was hard to say which were worse marksmen, the officers of the ship, or the passengers.
The Attaché · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · Chapter 1
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Yet there are times when, through the negligence of the officers, some exceptions are found to this rule.
White Jacket · Herman Melville · Chapter 1