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Chief
·adj Very intimate, near, or close. II. Chief ·adj Highest in office or rank; principal; head. III...

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chief
See commander-in-chief. A common abbreviation. ...

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Officer
·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissio...

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officer
A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a...

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Officer
It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefin...

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Chief baron
·- The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. ...

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Chief hare
·- A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; — also called c...

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Chief justice
·- The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. ...

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Chief-justiceship
·noun The office of chief justice. ...

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Chief priest
See Priest. ...

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Musician, Chief
(Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple, mentioned in th...

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maori-chief
n. name given to a New ZealandFlathead-fish, Notothenia maoriensis, or coriiceps. The name arises f...

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chief mate
, or chief officer The next to a commander in a merchantman, and who, in the absence of the latter...

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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...

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officer plant
n. another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...

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crack officer
One of the best class. ...

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flag-officer
A term synonymous with admiral. ...

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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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naval officer
One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...

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orderly officer
In the army. See officer of the day. ...

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petty officer
A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal. ...

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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen. ...

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senior officer
The commanding officer for the time being. ...

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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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staff-officer
On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff. ...

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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...

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commander-in-chief
The senior officer in any port or station appointed to hold command over all other vessels within th...

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Chief of the three
A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...

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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...

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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch. ...

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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority. ...

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