staff officer


nounMilitary.
  1. a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.

Origin of staff officer

1
First recorded in 1695–1705

Words Nearby staff officer

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How to use staff officer in a sentence

  • 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-Pattison
  • Marceau, indignant at being rebuked by a young staff officer, roughly asked, "And who are you?"

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • Suchet had to a great extent those qualities which go to make an ideal staff officer.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • Luckily 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.

British Dictionary definitions for staff officer

staff officer

noun
  1. a commissioned officer serving on the staff of a commander, service, or central headquarters

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