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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Officer

Ōf'fi-cer, n.

noun

n. [Fr. officier, Pr. & Catalan officier. See supra.]

Sense 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil or ecclesiastical; a magistrate.

Sense 2. (Mil. U. S.) A person holding a commission from the President of the United States or the governor of a State.

Ōf'fi-cer, v. t.

verbtransitive

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.