military officer

1. Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command (synset 110336665)
   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: man, military man, military personnel, serviceman - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
   subtypes:

   • adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
   • army officer - an officer in the armed forces
   • brass hat - a high-ranking military officer
   • chief of staff - the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
   • commandant, commander, commanding officer - an officer in command of a military unit
   • commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission
   • desk officer - a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
   • executive officer - the officer second in command
   • inspector general - a military officer responsible for investigations
   • military adviser, military advisor - a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
   • naval officer - an officer in the navy
   • enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
   • warrant officer - holds rank by virtue of a warrant
   • grigori aleksandrovich potemkin, grigori potemkin, grigori potyokin, potemkin, potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
   same as: officer

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