military officer

/ˈmɪlɪtɛri ˈɑfɪsər/

/ˈmɪlətri ˈɒfɪsə/

Other forms: military officers

Definitions of military officer

1. noun

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
   synonyms: officer

   types:

   adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp

   an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

   army officer

   an officer in the armed forces

   brass hat

   a high-ranking military officer

   chief of staff

   the senior officer of a service of the armed forces

   commandant, commander, commanding officer

   an officer in charge of a military unit

   commissioned officer

   a military officer holding a commission

   desk officer

   a military officer who is not assigned to active duty

   executive officer

   the officer second in command

   inspector general

   a military officer responsible for investigations

   military adviser, military advisor

   a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation

   naval officer

   an officer in the navy

   enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer

   a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel

   warrant officer

   holds rank by virtue of a warrant

   Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin

   a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)

   SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

   commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council

   SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

   commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe

   adjutant general

   a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer

   aircraftman, aircraftsman

   a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force

   bombardier

   a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

   chief petty officer

   a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank

   commander in chief, generalissimo

   the officer who holds the supreme command

   commissioned military officer

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

   commissioned naval officer

   a commissioned officer in the navy

   corporal

   a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

   drill instructor, drill master

   a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline

   judge advocate

   an officer assigned to the judge advocate general

   judge advocate general

   the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military

   lance corporal

   an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal

   line officer

   a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)

   naval commander

   naval officer in command of a fleet of warships

   P.O., PO, petty officer

   a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army

   quartermaster

   an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops

   ranker

   a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status

   sergeant

   any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

   staff officer

   a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff

   supply officer

   a commissioned officer responsible for logistics

   wing commander

   (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain

   type of:

   man, military man, military personnel, serviceman

   someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force