officer
/ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/noun, verb3 syllables
Officer means: any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command.
Synonyms for officer7
noun, as in any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
noun, as in someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
noun, as in a member of a police force
noun, as in a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
What does officer mean?5
noun
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command“an officer is responsible for the lives of his men”
someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust“he is an officer of the court”
a member of a police force“it was an accident, 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”
verb
direct or command as an officer
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Officer in a sentence
- Sami was in the back seat, screaming at the police officer.OsoHombre
- You and me cannot disobey this order, as it comes from a superior officer.Ooneykcall
- Every officer who fails in this respect, is to be punished and cashiered.Cangarejo
- This man is a police officer in the crime squad, not a criminal.Gulliver
- This accident has nothing to do with me, officer.orcrist
- When he saw the police officer, he ran away.CH
- The commanding officer marched, with soldiers following behind.unknown
- I bribe police officers not with money, but with logic.AlanF_US
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of officer
as a noun
- plural
- officers
as a verb
- third-person singular
- officers
- present participle
- officering
- past participle
- officered
- past tense
- officered