Translation
officer (military)
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Word origin
From French officier, from Medieval Latin officiarius, one who holds an officium, a duty or service. The Latin word is itself opus ('work') plus facere ('to do'), so an officer is someone charged with getting work done.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- officium
- English cognates
- officer, office, official
Examples
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The young officer stood in front of his soldiers.
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The officer ordered us to stay in the room.
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is the military sense only: a commissioned rank in an army, navy or air force. The civil-service or company kind of official is , built on the same - root but with the -- suffix, and mixing the two is one of the commonest mistakes learners make with this pair. A woman holding the rank is o.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 11: oficiro, flago, hasti and 7 more words.