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of·fi·cer
(ô′fĭ-sər, ŏf′ĭ-)n.
1. One who holds an office of authority or trust in an organization, such as a corporation or government.
2.
a. One who holds a commission in the armed forces.
b. A noncommisioned officer or warrant officer.
3. A person licensed in the merchant marine as master, mate, chief engineer, or assistant engineer.
4. A police officer.
tr.v. of·fi·cered, of·fi·cer·ing, of·fi·cers
1. To furnish with officers.
2. To command or manage as an officer.
[Middle English, from Old French officier, from Medieval Latin officārius, from Latin officium, service, duty; see office.]
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officer
(ˈɒfɪsə)n
1. (Military) a person in the armed services who holds a position of responsibility, authority, and duty, esp one who holds a commission
2. (Law) See police officer
3. (Nautical Terms) (on a non-naval ship) any person including the captain and mate, who holds a position of authority and responsibility: radio officer; engineer officer.
4. a person appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in a government, society, etc
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government official: a customs officer.
6. (in the Order of the British Empire) a member of the grade below commander
vb (tr)
7. to furnish with officers
8. to act as an officer over (some section, group, organization, etc)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
of•fi•cer
(ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-)n.
1. a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the armed services, esp. one holding a commission.
2. a member of a police department or a constable.
3. a person appointed or elected to some position of responsibility or authority in some organization.
4. a person licensed to take full or partial responsibility for the operation of a ship.
5. (in some honorary orders) a member of any rank except the lowest.
6. Obs. an agent.
v.t. 7. to furnish with officers.
8. to manage.
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officer
– official – office worker1. 'officer'
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in the armed forces.
...a retired army officer.
Officer is also used in the name of some people's jobs.
He was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer.
Suddenly the press officer came out and announced the result.
2. 'official'
An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization, especially a government department or a trade union.
Government officials have rejected calls for international intervention.
Management and union officials agreed to go to the Labour Relations Commission today.
3. 'office worker'
You do not use 'officer' or 'official' to refer to someone who works in an office. A person like this is called an office worker.
Office workers have been found to make more mistakes when distracted by traffic noise.
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officer
Past participle: officered
Gerund: officering
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| Noun | 1. |  officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" army officer - an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer" brass hat - a high-ranking military officer chief of staff - the senior officer of a service of the armed forces commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission desk officer - a military officer who is not assigned to active duty executive officer - the officer second in command inspector general - a military officer responsible for investigations military adviser, military advisor - a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation naval officer - an officer in the navy enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel military man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" warrant officer - holds rank by virtue of a warrant Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791) |
| 2. | officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" holder - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport" functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office probation officer - the officer of the court who supervises probationers sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms - an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands | |
| 3. |  officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" bobby - an informal term for a British policeman police constable, constable - a police officer of the lowest rank gendarme - a French policeman inspector - a high ranking police officer motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop - a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) police matron, policewoman - a woman policeman Mountie - colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shoofly - an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen traffic cop - a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic trooper - a mounted policeman state trooper, trooper - a state police officer | |
| 4. |  officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor first mate, mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship privateer, privateersman - an officer or crew member of a privateer purser - an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare navigator, sailing master - the ship's officer in charge of navigation steward - the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements supercargo - an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase | |
| Verb | 1. | officer - direct or command as an officer command - be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army" |
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officer
noun
1. official, executive, agent, representative, bureaucrat, public servant, appointee, dignitary, functionary, office-holder, office bearer a local education authority officer
2. police officer, detective, PC, police constable, police man, police woman an officer in the West Midlands police force
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
officer
noun1. A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization:
Informal: exec.
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Translations
ضَابِطٌضابِطضابِط شُرْطَه
důstojník
officer=-embedsmand
upseerivirkamiesasiamies
časnik
katonatiszttisztköztisztviselőrendőr
embættismaîur; lögreglumaîurliîsforingi, offisér
士官
장교
dôstojník
častnikpolicajuradnik
officer
นายทหาร
chỉ huysĩ quan
officer
[ˈɒfɪsəʳ]A. N
2. (= official) → funcionario/a m/f; [of company] → directivo(a) m/f
the officers of a company → los directivos or la junta directiva de una empresa
the officers of a company → los directivos or la junta directiva de una empresa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
officer
[ˈɒfɪsər] n (in military) → officier m
[organization] → membre m du bureau directeurofficers' mess n → mess m des officiers
a party at the officers' mess → une fête au mess des officiersOfficers' Training Corps n (British) corps volontaire de formation d'officiersoffice work n → travail m de bureauoffice worker n → employé(e) m/f de bureau
a party at the officers' mess → une fête au mess des officiersOfficers' Training Corps n (British) corps volontaire de formation d'officiersoffice work n → travail m de bureauoffice worker n → employé(e) m/f de bureau
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
officer
n
(Mil, Naut, Aviat) → Offizier(in) m(f); officer of the day → diensthabender Offizier, Offizier m → vom Dienst; Officers’ Training Corps (Brit) Verband zur Offiziersausbildung
(= official) → Beamte(r) m, → Beamtin f; (= police officer) → Polizeibeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f, → Polizist(in) m(f); (of club, society) → Vorstandsmitglied nt, → Funktionär(in) m(f); medical officer → Amtsarzt m → /-ärztin f; (Mil) → Stabsarzt m → /-ärztin f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
officer
[ˈɒfɪsəʳ] nb. (official) → funzionario
police officer → agente m di polizia
excuse me, officer → mi scusi, agente
police officer → agente m di polizia
excuse me, officer → mi scusi, agente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
office
(ˈofis) noun1. the room or building in which the business of a firm is done. The firm's head offices are in New York; (also adjective) office furniture.
2. the room in which a particular person works. the bank manager's office.
3. a room or building used for a particular purpose. Train tickets are bought at the ticket-office.
4. a position of authority, especially in or as a government. Our party has not been in office for years; the office of mayor.
ˈofficer noun1. a person holding a commission in the army, navy or air force. a naval officer.
2. a person who carries out a public duty. a police-officer.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
officer
→ ضَابِطٌ důstojník officer Offizier αξιωματικός oficial upseeri officier časnik ufficiale 士官 장교 officier offiser urzędnik oficial офицер officer นายทหาร görevli memur sĩ quan 官员Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009