officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈɒf.ə.sə/
ipa: /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈɔ.fə.sɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɚ/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈɑ.fə.sɚ/
ipa: /ˈɒf.sə/
Forms: form: officers
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: Huerta was arrested while law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment papers, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wrote in a federal court filing. […] A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.
ref: 2025 June 9, Mónica De Anda, “SEIU President David Huerta released from custody on $50k bond following arrest during ICE raid”, in KABC-TV:
hypernyms: officeholder
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person
glosses: One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
examples: text: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
hypernyms: officeholder
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person
glosses: One who holds a public office.
glosses: An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A commissioned officer.
Derived terms: accountable disbursing officer
accountable officer
animal control officer
brother-officer
bylaw officer
careers officer
case officer
chief executive officer
chief experience officer
chief financial officer
chief information officer
chief legal officer
chief medical officer
chief operating officer
chief petty officer
chief petty officer first class
chief petty officer second class
chief technical officer
chief technological officer
chief technology officer
chief warrant officer
civil enforcement officer
commanding officer
commissioned officer
community police officer
correctional officer
correction officer
corrections officer
customs officer
detention officer
dog officer
duty officer
executive officer
express officer
field officer
field training officer
fire officer
first officer
flag officer
flying officer
general officer
grounds officer
guest relation officer
honorary officer
house officer
intelligence officer
judicial officer
liaison officer
line officer
loan officer
master chief petty officer
master chief warrant officer
master warrant officer
naval officer
non-commissioned officer
noncommissioned officer
nonofficer
officer cadet
officer down
officeress
officerhood
officer-involved
officer-involved shooting
officerism
officerless
officer-like
officerlike
officerly
officer of the court
officer of the peace
officership
outdoor officer
parole officer
patrol officer
peace officer
penal officer
petty officer
petty officer first class
petty officer second class
petty officer third class
pilot officer
police officer
press officer
prison officer
probation officer
public information officer
public officer
radio officer
range safety officer
relieving officer
resource officer
returning officer
riding officer
riot police officer
sabbatical officer
school resource officer
second officer
security officer
senior chief petty officer
senior chief warrant officer
senior warrant officer
sheriff officer
staff officer
subofficer
third officer
traffic officer
truant officer
underofficered
unofficered
warrant officer
warrant officer 2
warrant officer class 1
warrant officer class 2
Related terms: office
official
officiate