OFFICER

vt to furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

2. officer ·noun specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

3. officer ·vt to command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

4. officer ·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.