officer

Noun

1. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
2. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
3. One who holds a public office.
4. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
5. (colloquial) A commissioned officer.

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply with officers.
2. (transitive) To command as or like an officer.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒfɪsə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: officer

In summary

From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er.

Synonyms

official

functionary

policeman

👮‍♂️

agent

employee

police officer

👮

commander

mate

🧉

civil servant

staff

director

clerk

constable

military officer

cop

👮

government official

bank clerk

command

copper

actor

head

minister

officeholder

operative

servant

ship’s officer

commandant

colonel

errand boy

executive

church

⛪

govern

government

governor

management

incumbent

jurist

justice

lead

leader

magistrate

manage

marshal

chief

military rank

police

👮

ministrant

office

🏢

public officer

office worker

🧑‍💼

Translations

officier

Offizier

oficial

fonctionnaire

ufficiale

oficial

funzionario

funcionario

officier

agent

Beamter

αξιωματικός

beambte

ambtenaar

ضابط

Sentences

Thomas is a West Point graduate and Army officer .

John T . Hendrickson is the Chief Executive Officer .

The speaker is the presiding officer of the Inatsisartut.

Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army .

The survivors , including a badly wounded , " practically incoherent " signal officer , went for the lifeboats .