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MILITARY OFFICER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
Example:
an officer is responsible for the lives of his men
Synonyms:
military officer; officer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("military officer" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military officer"):
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))
