Category:Officer

Of"fi*cer, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

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.