Officer

·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

III. Officer ·vt To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

IV. Officer ·noun One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.