NOUN | person | army officer | an officer in the armed forces |
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Meaning | An officer in the armed forces. | |
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Example | "he's a retired army officer" | |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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) |
Narrower | quartermaster | An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops |
Broader | military officer, officer | Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
Spanish | militar, oficial de ejército, oficial del ejército | |
Catalan | oficial de l'exèrcit |
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