Word: underofficers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
o
ffi
cers
Definition: Plural of underofficer; an appointment held by the most senior cadets at some Commonwealth officer training establishments and in University Officers' Training Corps in the United Kingdom, and also a rank used in some Commonwealth cadet forces
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: officer
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A commissioned officer; a military officer holding a commission
Etymology Compounds: Affix: officium
Language: la
Decoded: officium
Meaning: office
Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
Meaning: -er
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.