1A person holding a position of command or authority in the armed services, in the merchant marine, or on a passenger ship.

1. 1.1A policeman or policewoman.
   ‘tougher sentences for attacks on police officers’
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   • ‘The 33-year-old was interviewed by Garda officers at the police station at Dublin Airport.’
   • ‘A procedure which left it to individual officers in police stations to perform some sort of balancing exercise would, it was said, be unworkable.’
   • ‘In addition to mounted police, motorcyclists and special constables, undercover officers will mingle with crowds.’
   • ‘Lancashire will soon be paying more retired officers than police constables it currently employs.’
   • ‘There are now many facets to police work and numerous officers not on patrol.’
   • ‘As a poster campaign aimed at urging the public to be more vigilant was launched, transport police said plain-clothes officers would patrol the Tube network.’
   • ‘Discipline in all walks of life, punctuality, politeness and good manners are expected from the police constables and officers.’
   • ‘There are a number of police stations where officers were selling confidential information to private investigators.’
   • ‘At a police station two plain-clothes officers introduced themselves as members of Special Branch.’
   • ‘Seiler's case sparked a manhunt involving 150 officers, police dogs and a helicopter.’
   • ‘Course instructors are officers from Pattaya police station.’
   • ‘He then went to the police station whose officers promised to release him after interrogation.’
   • ‘At the police station, while officers were speaking to the individuals who had reported the threat, the man showed up.’
   • ‘They pulled into the police station and the officer guided him in.’
   • ‘The car stopped in front of the police station and the officer pulled him out of the car harshly.’
   • ‘The man was unable to give any information about himself, and officers contacted other police stations in the city to locate his relatives.’
   • ‘Unlike special constables, the officers will be full-time and have limited powers.’
   • ‘They were questioned by officers at a local police station before being released on bail until October 10.’
   • ‘He was due to be interviewed by officers at Manchester Airport police station today.’
   • ‘He followed the officer inside the cold police station.’
   Synonyms

   police officer, policeman, policewoman, PC, WPC, officer of the law, detective, DC

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2. 1.2A bailiff.
   ‘They are interrupted by a knock on the door and Val is horrified to find a bailiff officer on her doorstep.’
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   • ‘Special bailiffs are officers appointed by the sheriff at the request of a plaintiff for the purpose of executing a particular process.’
   • ‘Strictly, this is not evidence, although it is accepted, being the representations of a responsible officer of the court.’
   • ‘Every official examiner and deputy official examiner is an officer of every court in Ontario.’
   • ‘When the court appoints a receiver or manager the receiver/manager is an officer of the court not the agent of either party in the proceedings.’
   • ‘She owed a vast sum of money, and the sheriff's officers arrived to confiscate the family property.’

2A holder of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office.

1. 2.1A holder of a post in a society, company, or other organization, especially one who is involved at a senior level in its management.
   ‘a chief executive officer’
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   • ‘Directors, officers and other senior financial officers set the tone for ethical behavior within any organization.’
   • ‘Its August survey of banks' senior loan officers says business loans are increasingly available.’
   • ‘Francis becomes chief marketing officer and managing director at the Wayne, Pa., company.’
   • ‘They have held corporate officers and directors accountable for their actions.’
   • ‘He rocketed to the post of chief financial officer in less than eight years.’
   • ‘Like Amegy, Sterling's officers and directors control about 9 percent of the bank's shares.’
   • ‘The regional directorate has its own press officers, accountants and managers.’
   • ‘For example left wing union officers organised the teachers' demonstration in London in March.’
   • ‘National union officers reported privatization increased the likelihood of redundancies and lower job security.’
   • ‘Others argue that they can always unload a stock if corporate officers and directors are taking advantage of shareholders.’
   • ‘The chief technical officer and senior vice president also believes size is only part of the story.’
   • ‘He is Lucent's chief technology officer and executive vice president of corporate strategy and marketing.’
   • ‘The investment management company separated the roles of chief investment officer and managing director following the controversy.’
   • ‘A creditor cannot come after an officer, director or shareholder to satisfy the obligations of the corporation.’
   • ‘I carried over my enthusiasm for D-dimer testing to another hospital in which I was a medical senior house officer.’
   • ‘The Applicant was represented by an officer of his trade union.’
   • ‘The university relations officer works to represent students on all matters pertaining to governance of the university.’
   • ‘She said the Minister appointed the chief executive officer of the authority last week.’
   • ‘In the past decade, many of my co-workers have left journalism to become mostly corporate public relation officers.’
   • ‘There are several local union officials and officers involved.’
   • ‘He was promoted to chief operating officer a year later, and became president in late 2000.’
   Synonyms

   leader, head, headman, boss, chief, director, manager, overseer, controller, master

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3A member of a certain grade in some honorary orders.

1Provide with military officers.

1. 1.1Act as the commander of (a unit)
   ‘foreign mercenaries were hired to officer new regiments’
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   • ‘The Streltsy and the Cossacks were professional units but they were officered by foreigners.’
   • ‘The division's fighting elements were 8,000 Philippine Scouts, officered by Americans, a US infantry regiment some 2,000 strong, and a regiment of artillery.’
   • ‘Thus most of the 380,000 blacks who served in the Army were in labor units officered by whites.’
   • ‘The navy, of course, was commanded and largely officered by Royal Navy personnel.’
   • ‘The Hungarian parliament refused unless Hungarian was introduced as a language of command into Hungarian units, which would be officered uniquely by Hungarians, not by Germans.’
   • ‘The temporary levies of the earlier period were replaced by standing armies, officered by professionals, comprising élite or shock troops plus conscripted peasants.’
   • ‘In 1644, Parliament passed Self-Denying Ordinance, intended to get soldiers out of Parliament, for the Roundhead army was largely officered by MPs.’
   • ‘It expanded by calling upon the states for militia, officered by men chosen and characterized by bonds of friendship, popularity, and politics.’
   • ‘They finished training in December 1942 and three battalions of 1,000 men each were formed, but they were officered by Germans who gave their orders in German.’
   • ‘The governor ultimately decided that ‘all the companies will be officered by white men in compliance with United States regulations.’’
   • ‘The Royal Navy - the navy which helped keep the peace in Europe and around the world for a hundred years - was officered by many such men, who started their careers as boys.’