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Definition of Officers

Officer
Officer Of"fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Officered; p. pr. & vb. n. Officering.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. --Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
Officer
Officer Of"fi*cer, 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. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. 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 quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. 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.

Meaning of Officers from wikipedia

- enforcement officer Police officer Security officer Officer (armed forces) Commanding officer Petty officer Chief Medical Officer Foreign Service Officer, a diplomatic...
- proportions of officers. During the First World War, fewer than 5% of British soldiers were officers (partly because World War One junior officers suffered...
- C-level officers that report directly to the CEO). In the United States, and in business, the executive officers are usually the top officers of a corporation...
- chief information officer post, within public agencies. The Chief Financial Officers Act, enacted in 1990, created a chief financial officer in each of 23...
- non-commissioned officers, including junior (lower ranked) non-commissioned officers (JNCO) and senior/staff (higher ranked) non-commissioned officers (SNCO)....
- United States, General Officers authorized to display a flag showing their rank are also called "flag officers". Refer: "Flag officer". Merriam-Webster. Archived...
- non-commissioned officers). However, chief warrant officers are officially commissioned, on the same basis as commissioned officers, and take the same...
- paramilitary organization, ranking above non-commissioned officers and below senior officers. Junior officers are responsible for commanding small groups of enlisted...
- referred to as field-grade officers, field officers or officers of field rank. Historically, a regiment or battalion's field officers made up its command element...
- warrant officer (grade W‑1) and chief warrant officer (grades CW-2 to CW‑5; NATO: WO1–CWO5) are rated as officers above all non-commissioned officers, candidates...