English noun: officer |
1. | officer (person) any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
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| Samples | An officer is responsible for the lives of his men.
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| Synonyms | military officer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | man, military man, military personnel, serviceman |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp, army officer, brass hat, chief of staff, commandant, commander, commanding officer, commissioned officer, desk officer, enlisted officer, executive officer, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, inspector general, military adviser, military advisor, naval officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer, Potemkin, Potyokin, warrant officer |
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| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine |
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2. | officer (person) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust |
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| Samples | He is an officer of the court. The club elected its officers for the coming year.
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| Synonyms | officeholder |
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| Broader (hypernym) | functionary, holder, official |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | probation officer, sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms |
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3. | officer (person) a member of a police force |
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| Samples | It was an accident, officer.
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| Synonyms | police officer, policeman |
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| Broader (hypernym) | law officer, lawman, peace officer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bobby, bull, captain, constable, cop, copper, detective, fuzz, gendarme, inspector, investigator, motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, Mountie, pig, police captain, police chief, police constable, police detective, police matron, policewoman, shoofly, speed cop, state trooper, tec, traffic cop, trooper, trooper |
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| Member meronym | constabulary, law, police, police force |
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4. | officer (person) a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel |
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| Samples | He is the officer in charge of the ship's engines.
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| Synonyms | ship's officer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gob, Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | captain, first mate, master, mate, navigator, privateer, privateersman, purser, sailing master, sea captain, skipper, steward, supercargo |
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