A group ofcustoms officers FromMiddle English officer Anglo-Norman officer officier Old French officer Late Latin officiarius ( “ official ” ) , fromLatin officium ( “ office ” ) +-ārius ( “ -er ” ) .
officer (plural officers
One who has a position ofauthority in ahierarchical organization , especially inmilitary ,police orgovernment organizations.Hypernyms: officeholder person Arespectful term ofaddress for an officer, especially a police officer. 1918 W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter XIX, inThe Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company ,→OCLC Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commandingofficer doing billets.
One who holds apublic office.Hypernyms: officeholder person Anagent orservant imparted with theability , to some degree, to act oninitiative . ( colloquial , military ) commissioned officer.one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization
Afrikaans:offisier Albanian:oficer (sq) m Arabic:مَأْمُور (ar) m ( maʔmūr ) Armenian:պաշտոնյա (hy) ( paštonya ) ,աստիճանավոր (hy) ( astičanavor ) Belarusian:чыно́ўнік m ( čynóŭnik ) ,чыно́ўніца f ( čynóŭnica ) Bulgarian:длъ́жностно лице́ n ( dlǎ́žnostno licé ) ,чино́вник (bg) m ( činóvnik ) ,чино́вница f ( činóvnica ) ,чино́вничка f ( činóvnička ) Catalan:oficial (ca) m Cherokee:ᎠᏍᎦᏰᎬᏍᏓ ( asgayegvsda ) Chinese:Mandarin:官員 / 官员 (zh) ( guānyuán ) ,官吏 (zh) ( guānlì ) Choctaw:afisa Coptic:ϩⲩⲡⲏⲣⲉⲧⲏⲥ ( hupēretēs ) Czech:funkcionář (cs) m funkcionářka (cs) f Esperanto:oficiro Estonian:please add this translation if you can Finnish:upseeri (fi) French:fonctionnaire (fr) m officier (fr) Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:Funktionär (de) m Funktionärin (de) f Greek:αξιωματικός (el) m ( axiomatikós ) Hebrew:פָּקִיד (he) m ( pakíd ) Hindi:अफ़सर m ( afsar ) ,अफसर (hi) ( aphsar ) ,सरकार (hi) f ( sarkār ) Hungarian:tiszt (hu) ,katonatiszt (hu) ,rendőr (hu) ,rendőrtiszt (hu) Italian:funzionario (it) m Japanese:役員 (ja) ( やくいん, yakuin ) Korean:역원(役員) (ko) ( yeogwon ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:ئەفسەر ( efser ) Ladino:ofitser Latin:praefectus m Latvian:please add this translation if you can Lithuanian:pareigūnas m Macedonian:чиновник m ( činovnik ) ,чиновничка f ( činovnička ) Malay:pegawai (ms) Manx:fer oik m Maori:āpiha Marathi:ऑफिसर m ( ŏphisar ) ,अधिकारी (mr) m ( adhikārī ) Navajo:siláo binantʼaʼí Ojibwe:zhimaaganishii-ogimaa ( military ) Ottoman Turkish:مأمور ( meʼmur ) Persian:اَفسَر (fa) ( afsar ) ,سَرکار (fa) ( sarkâr ) Polish:wysoki urzędnik m wyższy urzędnik m Portuguese:oficial (pt) m or f comandante (pt) m or f agente (pt) m or f Romanian:ofițer (ro) m funcționar (ro) m Russian:слу́жащий (ru) m ( slúžaščij ) ,чино́вник (ru) m ( činóvnik ) ,чино́вница (ru) f ( činóvnica ) ,должностно́е лицо́ (ru) n ( dolžnostnóje licó ) Scottish Gaelic:oifigear m Slovak:funkcionár m funkcionárka f Spanish:oficial (es) Swahili:afisa (sw) ,ofisa (sw) Swedish:officer (sv) c ( military ) ,direktör (sv) c ( business ) Tatar:түрә (tt) ( türä ) ,хезмәткәр (tt) ( xezmätkär ) Thai:เจ้าหน้าที่ (th) ( jâao-nâa-tîi ) Turkish:memur (tr) Ukrainian:службо́вець (uk) m ( službóvecʹ ) ,службо́вка (uk) f ( službóvka ) Welsh:swyddog (cy) m Zazaki:êfser m êfser f êfsere f
a respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer
one who holds a public office
Arabic:مَسْؤُول (ar) m ( masʔūl ) Belarusian:чыно́ўнiк m ( čynóŭnik ) ,чыно́ўнiца f ( čynóŭnica ) ,ура́днiк m ( urádnik ) ,ура́днiца f ( urádnica ) Bulgarian:чино́вник (bg) m ( činóvnik ) ,чино́вничка f ( činóvnička ) ,чино́вница f ( činóvnica ) Chinese:Mandarin:官員 / 官员 (zh) ( guānyuán ) Finnish:virkamies (fi) French:fonctionnaire (fr) m or f German:Beamter (de) m Beamtin (de) f Hindi:अधिकारी (hi) m ( adhikārī ) Hungarian:tisztviselő (hu) ,tisztségviselő (hu) Ingrian:cinovnikka Japanese:役人 (ja) ( やくにん, yakunin ) Korean:공무원(公務員) (ko) ( gongmuwon ) Ottoman Turkish:مأمور ( meʼmur ) Polish:urzędnik (pl) m urzędniczka (pl) f Portuguese:funcionário público (pt) m Romanian:funcționar public m Russian:чино́вник (ru) m ( činóvnik ) ,чино́вница (ru) f ( činóvnica ) Scottish Gaelic:maor m Swedish:tjänsteman (sv) c ämbetsman (sv) c Ukrainian:чино́вник m ( čynóvnyk ) ,чино́вниця f ( čynóvnycja ) ,уря́дник m ( urjádnyk ) ,уря́дниця f ( urjádnycja )
agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative
contraction of the term "commissioned officer"
Albanian:oficer (sq) m Arabic:ضَابِط m ( ḍābiṭ ) Armenian:սպա (hy) ( spa ) Azerbaijani:zabit (az) Belarusian:афіцэ́р m ( aficér ) Bulgarian:офице́р m ( oficér ) Burmese:စစ်ဗိုလ် ( cacbuil ) Catalan:oficial (ca) m or f Chinese:Mandarin:軍官 / 军官 (zh) ( jūnguān ) Czech:důstojník (cs) m oficír (cs) m ( dated ) Danish:officer (da) c Dutch:officier (nl) m Esperanto:please add this translation if you can Estonian:ohvitser Finnish:upseeri (fi) French:officier (fr) m officière (fr) f Georgian:ოფიცერი ( opiceri ) German:Offizier (de) m Offizierin (de) f Hebrew:קָצִין (he) m ( katsín ) Hindi:ऑफ़िसर m ( ŏfisar ) ,अफ़सर m ( afsar ) ,अफसर (hi) m ( aphsar ) Hungarian:tiszt (hu) ,katonatiszt (hu) Inari Sami:upseer Indonesian:perwira (id) Ingrian:ofitsera Italian:ufficiale (it) m or f agente (it) m or f Japanese:士官 (ja) ( しかん, shikan ) ,将校 (ja) ( しょうこう, shōkō ) Kazakh:офицер ( ofiser ) Korean:장교(將校) (ko) ( janggyo ) ,군관(軍官) (ko) ( gun'gwan ) Kyrgyz:офицер (ky) ( ofitser ) Latvian:virsnieks m Lithuanian:karininkas m Macedonian:офицер m ( oficer ) Malay:pegawai (ms) ,perwira ( Indonesia ) Norwegian:Bokmål:offiser m Nynorsk:offiser m Persian:اَفسَر (fa) ( afsar ) Polish:oficer (pl) m Portuguese:oficial (pt) m or f executor (pt) m agente (pt) m or f Romanian:ofițer (ro) m Russian:офице́р (ru) m ( oficér ) ( military or police ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:офѝцӣр m ча̑снӣк m Roman:ofìcīr (sh) m čȃsnīk (sh) m Slovak:dôstojník m oficier m ( dated ) Slovene:oficir m častnik m Spanish:oficial (es) m or f Swedish:officer (sv) c Tajik:афсар ( afsar ) Tatar:офицер ( ofitser ) ,әфисир ( äfisir ) ,забит ( zabit ) ( obsolete ) Thai:นายทหาร Turkish:subay (tr) Turkmen:ofiser Ukrainian:офіце́р (uk) m ( oficér ) Urdu:افسر m ( afsar ) Uzbek:ofitser (uz) Vietnamese:sĩ quan (vi)
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officer (third-person singular simple present officers present participle officering simple past and past participle officered
( transitive ) supply with officers.( transitive ) command as or like an officer.1848 November –1850 December,William Makepeace Thackeray , chapter 31, inThe History of Pendennis. [ … ] (please specify |volume=I or II) , London:Bradbury and Evans , [ … ] 1849–1850 ,→OCLC Many of our journals areofficered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over.
1929 Robert Graves , chapter 10, inGood-Bye to All That [1] 115 :The regular battalions of the regiment, thoughofficered mainly by Anglo-Welshmen of county families, did not normally contain more than about one Welshman in fifty in the ranks.
1992 Alasdair Gray ,Poor Things , Bloomsbury, published2002 , page306 :[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 andofficered the carnage.
to command like an officer
offecer officeer officeere officere officiare officier offiser offycer offycere offyseer oficer Borrowed fromAnglo-Norman officer officier Latin officiārius office -er
IPA (key ) : /ɔfiˈseːr/ ,/ˈɔfisər/ officer plural officers
Ahireling orsubordinate ; one employed to serve, especially at anestate . Anofficial orofficeholder ; the holder of a prominentoffice orposition . Amunicipal ,local orsocietal official orofficeholder . Areligious orecclesiastical official orofficeholder . ( religion ) deputy orsubordinate of the forces of good or evil.( rare ) supervises ororganises jousting.( rare ) member orleader of amilitary force.officer oblique singular , m oblique plural officers nominative singular officers nominative plural officer
officer Borrowed fromFrench officer
officer c
officer, a military person offänrik ( archaic ) ämbetsman tjänsteman 
