officer
11officer — noun 1 in the army, navy, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ air force, army, military, naval ▪ commanding, high ranking, ranking, senior, superior …
12officer — n. person holding a certain rank in the armed forces 1) to commission an officer 2) to promote an officer 3) to break, demote; dismiss an officer 4) a commissioned; non commissioned; petty; warrant officer 5) a commanding; company grade (AE);… …
13officer — Synonyms and related words: ADC, CO, G man, John Law, MP, OD, administrator, aide, aide de camp, apparatchik, archon, bailiff, beadle, beagle, boatswain, bound bailiff, brigadier, brigadier general, bureaucrat, captain, catchpole, chancellor,… …
14officer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. policeman; functionary, official, bureaucrat; president, vice president, secretary, treasurer; registrar; mayor, governor. See director, authority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An executive] Syn. manager,… …
15officer — of|fi|cer W1S1 [ˈɔfısə US ˈo:fısər, ˈa: ] n 1.) someone who is in a position of authority in the army, navy etc an army/naval/military etc officer ▪ a commanding officer of the SAS 2.) someone who is in a position in an organization or the… …
16officer — [[t]ɒ̱fɪsə(r), AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] ♦ officers 1) N COUNT In the armed forces, an officer is a person in a position of authority. ...a retired British army officer... Her husband served during the Civil War as an officer in the White Army. 2) N COUNT:… …
17officer — noun 1) an officer in the army Syn: military officer, commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer, NCO, commanding officer, CO 2) all the officers in this precinct carry guns Syn: police officer, policeman, policewoman, officer of the law …
18officer — noun (C) 1 someone who is in a position of authority in the army, navy etc: a naval officer | Report to your commanding officer. 2 someone who has an important position in an organization, such as a government, company etc: a local government… …
19officer — I slight; pique, Inf. miff, disgruntle, Inf. put [s.o.] off, displease; vex, annoy, provoke, incense, exasperate, distress; fret, irk, rankle, roil, Chiefly U.S. rile, rattle, ruffle; irritate, aggravate, nettle, chafe, gall, disturb. 2. disgust …
20officer — ‘Take him to prison, officer’ sounds like a phrase that could occur in a modern detective story. In fact it is a quotation from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (3:i), though it could have occurred even earlier than the seventeenth century.… …
