Definition of officer

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Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer..

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Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters..
Cartulary :: Cartulary (n.) An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred..
Barge :: Barge (n.) A large boat used by flag officers.
Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Cut :: Cut (n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
Function :: Function (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
Full-bottomed :: Full-bottomed (a.) Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination..
Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..
Aid-de-camp :: Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements..
Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) A peace officer; an under constable.
Residency :: Residency (n.) A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies..
Officially :: Officially (adv.) By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified..
Minister :: Minister (n.) An officer of justice.
Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..
Captain :: Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain..
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