Officer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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

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chief officer
See chief mate ...

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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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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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