commissioned military officer

Definitions of commissioned military officer

1. noun

   a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
   types:

   captain

   an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

   colonel

   a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

   FO, field officer, field-grade officer

   an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel

   general officer

   officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel

   lieutenant

   a commissioned military officer

   major

   a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

   marshal, marshall

   (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

   subaltern

   a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

   brigadier, brigadier general

   a general officer ranking below a major general

   field marshal

   an officer holding the highest rank in the army

   1st lieutenant, first lieutenant

   a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain

   full general, general

   a general officer of the highest rank

   lieutenant colonel, light colonel

   a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel

   lieutenant general

   a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general

   major-general

   a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general

   2nd lieutenant, second lieutenant

   a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank

   sublieutenant

   an officer ranking next below a lieutenant

   type of:

   commissioned officer

   a military officer holding a commission