officer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɒf.ə.sə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɚ/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fə.sɚ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɚ/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.fə.sɚ/ (dialectal, informal) IPA(key): /ˈɒf.sə/ Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cer === Noun === officer (plural officers) One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. Hypernyms: officeholder < person A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer. One who holds a public office. Hypernyms: officeholder < person An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative. (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== office official officiate ==== Descendants ==== → Central Dusun: upisor → Classical Persian: افسر (afsar) Dari: آفیسر (āfīsar) → Hindustani: Hindi: अफ़सर (afsar), अफसर (aphsar) — nuqtaless Urdu: افسر (afsar) → Punjabi: Gurmukhi script: ਅਫ਼ਸਰ (afsar), ਅਫਸਰ (aphsar) — nuqtaless Shahmukhi script: افسر (afsar) → Swahili: afisa, ofisa ==== Translations ==== === Verb === officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered) (transitive) To supply with officers. (transitive) To command as or like an officer. ==== Synonyms ==== direct conduct manage ==== Related terms ==== CO NCO ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficer === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Latin officiārius; equivalent to office +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔfiˈseːr/, /ˈɔfisər/ === Noun === officer (plural officers) A hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve, especially at an estate. An official or officeholder; the holder of a prominent office or position. A municipal, local or societal official or officeholder. A religious or ecclesiastical official or officeholder. (religion) A deputy or subordinate of the forces of good or evil. (rare) One who supervises or organises jousting. (rare) A member or leader of a military force. ==== Descendants ==== English: officer Scots: offisher ==== References ==== “offī̆cē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2019. == Old French == === Alternative forms === officier === Noun === officer oblique singular, m (oblique plural officers, nominative singular officers, nominative plural officer) officer === References === officer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French officer. === Pronunciation === === Noun === officer c officer, a military person of fänrik grade or higher (archaic) ämbetsman, tjänsteman; one who holds a public office ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === officer in Svensk ordbok (SO) officer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) officer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) officer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)