OFFICER

OFFICER. → CIVIL
* Chosen by the people De 1:13-16
* Appointed by kings 2Sa 8:16-18; 20:23-26; 1Ki 4:1-19; 9:22; Ezr 7:25
* See GOVERNMENT
* See JUDGE
* See RULER

→ RELIGIOUS
* See PRIEST
* See LEVITE
* See APOSTLE
* See ELDER
* See DEACON
* See MINISTER

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officer. Officer, n. a man into office, a commander in the army

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Of″fi‐cer (?), n. [[F. officier. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]] 1. 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. “I am an officer of state.” Shak.
2. 2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. — Officer of the day (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the guard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. — Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.