Of"fi*cer , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Officered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Officering.]
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.
2.
To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered
the recruits.
Of"fi*cer (?), n. [F. officier. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]
1. 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. "I am an officer of state." Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned
officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
Field
officer, General
officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day
of the quard, prisoners, and police of
the post or
camp. -- Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.),
the officer temporarily in charge on the
deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.
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