officer : Idioms & Phrases


action officer

  • noun the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)
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air force officer

  • noun an officer in the airforce
    commander.
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army officer

  • noun an officer in the armed forces
    • he's a retired army officer
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case officer

  • noun an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service
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chief executive officer

  • noun the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
    CEO; chief executive officer.
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chief financial officer

  • noun the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
    CFO.
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chief operating officer

  • noun the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
    CEO; chief executive officer.
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chief petty officer

  • noun a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
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church officer

  • noun a church official
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civil officer

  • noun a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
    civil authority.
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commanding officer

  • noun an officer in command of a military unit
    commandant; commander.
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Commission, ∨ Commissioned, officer

  • (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distingtion from a noncommossioned or warrant officer.
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commissioned military officer

  • noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
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commissioned naval officer

  • noun a commissioned officer in the navy
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commissioned officer

  • noun a military officer holding a commission
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desk officer

  • noun a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
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Disbursing officer

  • an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.
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disinfestation officer

  • noun a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
    rat-catcher.
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enlisted officer

  • noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
    enlisted officer; noncom.
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executive officer

  • noun the officer second in command
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Field officer

  • noun an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
    field officer; FO.
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  • (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general.
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Field officer, General officer

  • etc. See under Field, General. etc.
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Field officer's court

  • (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow.
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field-grade officer

  • noun an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
    field officer; FO.
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financial officer

  • noun an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
    treasurer.
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First officer

  • (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as First mate (above).
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Flag officer

  • noun a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
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  • the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.
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General officer

  • noun officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
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  • (Mil.), any officer having a rank above that of colonel.
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Health officer

  • one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.
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hearing officer

  • noun an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers
    hearing examiner.
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intelligence officer

  • noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    intelligence agent; secret agent; operative.
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law officer

  • noun an officer of the law
    law officer; lawman.
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line officer

  • noun a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
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medical officer

  • noun a medical practitioner in the armed forces
    medic.
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military officer

  • noun any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
    officer.
    • an officer is responsible for the lives of his men
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  • noun an officer in the navy
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  • . (a) An officer in the navy . (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.
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Noncommissioned officer

  • noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
    enlisted officer; noncom.
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  • (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.
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Officer of the day

  • (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp.
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Officer of the deck, ∨ Officer of the watch

  • (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.
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officer's mess

  • noun a mess for the exclusive use of officers
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Orderly officer

  • the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. Farrow.
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Peace officer

  • noun an officer of the law
    law officer; lawman.
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  • a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable.
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Petty officer

  • noun a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
    PO; P.O..
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  • a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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Police constable, ∨ Police officer

  • a policeman.
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police officer

  • noun a member of a police force
    officer; policeman.
    • it was an accident, officer
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presiding officer

  • noun the leader of a group meeting
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probation officer

  • noun the officer of the court who supervises probationers
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prosecuting officer

  • noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    prosecuting attorney; public prosecutor; prosecutor.
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reserve officers training corps

  • noun a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
    ROTC.
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returning officer

  • noun the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results
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senior chief petty officer

  • noun a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army
    SCPO.
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ship's officer

  • noun a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
    officer.
    • he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
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staff officer

  • noun a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
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supply officer

  • noun a commissioned officer responsible for logistics
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Warrant officer

  • noun holds rank by virtue of a warrant
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  • a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.
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