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: military officer
2. Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust (synset 110391149)
   "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"
   is a type of:

   • holder - a person who holds something
   • functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
   subtypes:

   • probation officer - the officer of the court who supervises probationers
   • sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms - an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
   same as: officeholder
3. A member of a police force (synset 110468557)
   "it was an accident, officer"
   is a type of: law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law
   subtypes:

   • bobby - an informal term for a British policeman
   • bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
   • captain, police captain, police chief - a policeman in charge of a precinct
   • constable, police constable - a police officer of the lowest rank
   • detective, investigator, police detective, tec - a police officer who investigates crimes
   • gendarme - a French policeman
   • inspector - a high ranking police officer
   • motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop - a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
   • police matron, policewoman - a woman policeman
   • mountie - colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
   • shoofly - an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
   • traffic cop - a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
   • trooper - a mounted police officer
   • state trooper, trooper - a state police officer
   belongs to: constabulary, law, police, police force - the force of policemen and officers
   same as: police officer, policeman
4. A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel (synset 110391440)
   "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"
   is a type of: gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar - a man who serves as a sailor
   subtypes:

   • captain, master, sea captain, skipper - an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
   • first mate, mate - the officer below the master on a commercial ship
   • privateer, privateersman - an officer or crew member of a privateer
   • purser - an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
   • navigator, sailing master - the ship's officer in charge of navigation
   • steward - the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
   • supercargo - an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
   same as: ship's officer

1. Direct or command as an officer (synset 200754341)
   is a type of: command - be in command of

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