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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
of•fi•cer /ˈɔfəsɚ, ˈɑfə-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the armed services, esp. one holding a commission.
  2. a member of a police department.
  3. a person who is appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in an organization.
See -oper-, -fac-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
of•fi•cer  (ô′fə sər, of′ə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, esp. one who holds a commission.
  2. a member of a police department or a constable.
  3. a person licensed to take full or partial responsibility for the operation of a merchant ship or other large civilian ship; a master or mate.
  4. a person appointed or elected to some position of responsibility or authority in the government, a corporation, a society, etc.
  5. (in some honorary orders) a member of any rank except the lowest.
  6. [Obs.]an agent.

v.t. 
  1. to furnish with officers.
  2. to command or direct as an officer does.
  3. to direct, conduct, or manage.
  • Medieval Latin officiārius, equivalent. to Latin offici(um) office + -ārius -ary; see -er2, -ier2
  • Anglo-French; Middle French officier
  • Middle English 1275–1325
of•fi•ce•ri•al  (ô′fə sēr′ē əl, of′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.  of′fi•cer•less, adj. 
of′fi•cer•ship′, of′fi•cer•hood′, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
officer / ˈɒfɪsə/
  1. a person in the armed services who holds a position of responsibility, authority, and duty, esp one who holds a commission
  2. See police officer
  3. (on a non-naval ship) any person including the captain and mate, who holds a position of authority and responsibility: radio officer, engineer officer
  4. a person appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in a government, society, etc
  5. a government official: a customs officer
  6. (in the Order of the British Empire) a member of the grade below commander
 (transitive)
  1. to furnish with officers
  2. to act as an officer over (some section, group, organization, etc)
'naval officer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abruzzi - Bellingshausen - Bligh - Casabianca - Cousteau - Dahlgren - Darlan - Decatur - Dumont d'Urville - Foote - Gravely - Hardy - Hobson - Iberville, d' - La Pérouse - Lawrence - Macdonough - Mahan - Marryat - Maury - Mitscher - Perry - Port Nicholson - Preble - Rickover - Ross - Rossel Current - Scott - Shepard - Sherman - Sigsbee - Yamamoto - admiral - aide-de-camp - commissioned officer - dogsbody - flag officer - fleet admiral - hopper - king - lieutenant - line officer - mister - mustang - perry - porter - ross - striper - vice-admiral

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