Meaning of Officer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
3. A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia
4. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
5. One who holds a public office.
6. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
7. A commissioned officer.
   colloquial

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Examples

“Huerta was arrested while law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment papers, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wrote in a federal court filing. […] A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.”

“Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.”

“Early in the Talmudic period the service was divided between two officers. One was invited to recite the Shema including the benedictions connected with it... After he was through, another man was invited to stand up before the pulpit facing the direction of Jerusalem to recite the prayer proper, i.e., the Amida.”

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