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officer

noun
/ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/UK/ˈɒf.ə.sə//ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er.

  1. derived from officium — “office”
  2. derived from officiarius — “official”
  3. derived from officer
  4. derived from officer
  5. inherited from officer

Definitions

  1. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in…

    One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

  2. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

  3. One who holds a public office.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.

    2. A commissioned officer.

    3. To supply with officers.

    4. To command as or like an officer.

      • The regular battalions of the regiment, though officered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks.
      • [A]t least a quarter of those who fought and died in the Great War were prosperous with spacious homes, and to this class belonged nearly all who had ordered and officered the carnage.

    5. A surname.

    6. A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia

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Derived

accountable disbursing officer, accountable officer, animal control officer, brother-officer, bylaw officer, careers officer, case officer, chief executive officer, chief experience officer, chief financial officer, chief information officer, chief legal officer, chief medical officer, chief operating officer, chief petty officer, chief petty officer first class, chief petty officer second class, chief technical officer, chief technological officer, chief technology officer, chief warrant officer, civil enforcement officer, commanding officer, commissioned officer, community police officer, correctional officer, correction officer, corrections officer, customs officer, detention officer, district officer, dog officer, duty officer, executive officer, express officer, field officer, field training officer, fire officer, first officer, flag officer · +75 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at officer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at officer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at officer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA