officer
noun
[ ˈɒfɪsə ]
• a person holding a position of authority, especially one with a commission, in the armed services, the mercantile marine, or on a passenger ship.
• "he is also a serving officer in the army"
Similar:
committee member,
official,
office-holder,
office-bearer,
board member,
public servant,
administrator,
commissioner,
executive,
functionary,
bureaucrat,
dignitary,
apparatchik,
• a holder of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office.
• "a probation officer"
• a member of a certain grade in some honorary orders, such as the grade next below commander in the Order of the British Empire.
officer
verb
• provide with military officers.
• "the aristocracy wielded considerable power, officering the army"
Origin:
Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium (see office).
