officer
officer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- 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. -- Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.
- 2.To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.
- 3.To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- administration
- administrative
- adviser
- advocate
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- assistant
- association
- attorney
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- beadle
- beagle
- bearer
- bedel
- bencher
- bureau
- call
- catchpoll
- causidical
- civilian
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- consult
- conveyancer
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- counsel
- court
- cursitor
- customhouse
- department
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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