officer

officer is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
2. noun. Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
3. transitive verb. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
4. transitive verb. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
5. noun. any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

   "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

6. noun. someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

   "he is an officer of the court"

   "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

   Synonyms: officeholder

7. noun. a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

   "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines"

8. noun. a member of a police force

   "it was an accident, officer"

   Synonyms: policeman

9. verb. direct or command as an officer

Synonyms

officeholder, policeman

Common word forms

officers, officered, officering, officerless

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