Meaning | An officer in the armed forces. |
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Example | "he's a retired army officer" |
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Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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Instances | Dreyfus, Alfred Dreyfus | French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935) |
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Narrower | quartermaster | An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops |
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Broader | military officer, officer | Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
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Spanish | militar, oficial de ejército, oficial del ejército |
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Catalan | oficial de l'exèrcit |
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