GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Officer (?), n. [F. officier. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]
   1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, “a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.” “I am an officer of state.”  Shak.
   
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   2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer or an enlisted man.
   
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   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 guard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp; abbreviated O. D., OD, or O. O. D. -- 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.
   
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   Officer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Officered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Officering.]
   1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.  Marshall.
   
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   2. To command as an officer; as, “veterans from old regiments officered the recruits”.
   
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