Definitions for officer
ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-of·fi·cer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. military officer, officernoun

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

2. officeholder, officernoun

   someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

   "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

3. policeman, police officer, officernoun

   a member of a police force

   "it was an accident, officer"

4. officer, ship's officerverb

   a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

   "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"

5. officerverb

   direct or command as an officer

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officernoun

   One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

2. officernoun

   One who holds a public office.

3. officernoun

   An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.

4. officernoun

   A simple contraction of the term "commissioned officer."

5. officerverb

   To supply with officers.

6. officerverb

   To command like an officer.

7. Etymology: From officer, officier, from officiarius, from officium + -arius.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Officernoun

   Etymology: officier, French.

   1. A man employed by the publick.

   ’Tis an office of great worth,
   And you an officer fit for the place. William Shakespeare.

   Submit you to the people’s voices,
   Allow their officers, and be content
   To suffer lawful censure. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The next morning there came to us the same officer that came to us at first to conduct us to the stranger’s house. Francis Bacon.

   If it should fall into the French hands, all the princes would return to be the several officers of his court. William Temple.

   As a magistrate or great officer he locks himself up from all approaches. Robert South, Sermons.

   Birds of prey are an emblem of rapacious officers. A superior power takes away by violence from them, that which by violence they took away from others. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. A commander in the army.

   If he did not nimbly ply the spade,
   His surly officer ne’er fail’d to crack
   His knotty cudgel on his tougher back. Dryden.

   I summon’d all my officers in haste,
   All came resolv’d to die in my defence. Dryden.

   The bad disposition he made in landing his men, shews him not only to be much inferiour to Pompey as a sea officer, but to have had little or no skill in that element. Arb.

   3. One who has the power of apprehending criminals.

   The thieves are possest with fear
   So strongly, that they dare not meet each other;
   Each takes his fellow for an officer. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   We charge you
   To go with us unto the officers. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Officer

   An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French officier), from Medieval Latin officiarius "an officer," from Latin officium "a service, a duty" the late Latin from officiarius, meaning "official."

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1. officer

   An officer is a person who holds a position of authority or command in the military, police, or in a governmental or private organization. This can include roles such as company executives, law enforcement personnel or military leaders. Responsibilities might involve making decisions, managing operations, or overseeing personnel.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officer

   A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a ship's company who ranks above the fore-mast men.

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1. Officer

   Office vs. Officer -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Office and Officer.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OFFICER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Officer is ranked #19814 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Officer surname appeared 1,357 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Officer.
   
   66.2% or 899 total occurrences were White.
   26.6% or 361 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Command
   • Holder
   • Official

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1150

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #975

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'officer' in Nouns Frequency: #210

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How to pronounce officer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say officer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of officer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of officer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of officer in a Sentence

1. Justice Department:

   This evidence suggests that Officer Salamoni fired his weapon when he believed that Sterling was going for his gun a second time, after Officer Lake had warned Sterling not to move, although the videos do not show Sterling's right hand at the time those shots were fired, they show that Sterling's right hand was not under Officer Salamoni's control. The evidence also cannot establish that Sterling was not reaching for a gun when Officer Salamoni yelled that Sterling was doing so.

2. Aurora Police:

   A minor infraction that likely would have resulted in a citation at most turned into an officer fighting for his life.

3. Springfield Police Chief Lee Graf:

   That camera focuses where it's pointed. It is not an indicator of what the officer is seeing. It is not an indicator of where Springfield Police're looking.

4. David Louis Raybin:

   Officer Andrew Delke will continue to defend himself on the basis that he acted in accordance with his training and Tennessee law in response to an armed suspect who ignored repeated orders to drop his gun.

5. Brunswick County:

   This video here, there are things I could go over and critique the officer on, it's not racial things, it's not hate things. Certainly some etiquette or verbal judo that could be fixed and improved upon, what's ultimately going to be accomplished, it's not going to make the ticket go away, it's not going to solve anything. It’s only causing more problems.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=officer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Officer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=officer
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=officer
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=officer