staff officer
a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
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My immediate chief was a Lieutenant Colonel Verne L. Bowers, clearly picked out by Eisenhower as a highly talented staff officer.
The staff officer replied that a pension of four hundred francs would save them from want in their old age.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonMarceau, indignant at being rebuked by a young staff officer, roughly asked, "And who are you?"
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSuchet had to a great extent those qualities which go to make an ideal staff officer.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonLuckily he had the advantage of Berthier, a staff officer of the highest order, Napoleon's future chief of the staff.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Piépape has never been a General staff officer before; by training, bent of mind and experience he is an administrator.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for staff officer
a commissioned officer serving on the staff of a commander, service, or central headquarters
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