Officers Police Extra Senior Commanding Army Examples Latin

• army/military/naval officers
• senior officers in the royal air force
• the matter was passed on to me, as your commanding officer.
• he's a retired army intelligence officer.

officer

1. a person who is in a position of authority in the armed forces
• SEE ALSO air officer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/air-officer
• army/military/naval officers
• senior officers in the Royal Air Force
• The matter was passed on to me, as your commanding officer.
• He's a retired army intelligence officer.

Extra Examples

• The decision rests with the ranking officer.
• a former army officer who served in Bosnia
• the officer commanding the infantry
• to salute a superior officer
• The military academy trains officers for technical service in the army.
• On Christmas Eve 1914 officers and soldiers put down their weapons to share wine and food.
2. a member of the police
• SEE ALSO peace officer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/peace-officer
• the officer in charge of the case
• the investigating officer
• Yes, officer, I saw what happened.
• Officers arrested five suspects after a raid last night.

Extra Examples

• Two uniformed officers attended the scene of the accident.
• 100 officers swooped on various south Essex locations.
• We spoke to the duty officer at the police station.
• Officers raided an address in the Pittsburgh area.
• Drug squad officers raided a warehouse near Heathrow.
• The budget will pay for 200 extra police community support officers.
• A team of undercover officers was deployed inside the club to catch the dealers.
• The panel included law enforcement officers such as police and sheriffs.
3. a title for a police officer
• Officer Dibble
4. a person who is in a position of authority in the government or a large organization
• SEE ALSO chief executive officer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chief-executive-officer
• an environmental health officer
• a customs/prison/welfare officer
• officers of state (= ministers in the government)
• He was a former officer in the Secret Service.

Extra Examples

• Trading standards officers seized a large number of fake goods.
• If you're concerned, you should go to a student welfare officer to discuss the problem.
• All directors and other senior officers of the company will have a vote.
• The corporation has shareholders, officers and board members.
• airport security officers
• The company's chief financial officer denied that the company had misled its shareholders.
• Local council officers met to discuss the proposals.
• They need to see the planning officer's report before commenting publicly.
• The cooperative has elected the following officers to serve on the board of directors.
• She owed a vast sum of money, and the sheriff's officers arrived to confiscate the family property.

Word Origin

• Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’.