officer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A member of the police.

   A police officer stopped us to ask for directions.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who holds a position of command in the armed forces.

   He served as an army officer for twenty years.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who holds a position of authority in an organization.

   She was elected as an officer of the student union.

Common collocations

• police officer Adjective + noun
• junior officer Adjective + noun
• senior officer Adjective + noun

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.

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