company officer

American  

noun

Army and Marine Corps.

1. a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.

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Etymology

Origin of company officer

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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company officer

We later learned that in October 2024 he had been disqualified from being a company officer for five years.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

Jennifer Erickson, a woman listed as a company officer, declined immediate comment when reached by phone on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

“Look at you - that’s a company officer in the making,” Williamson said as Huber led the Rapid Intervention Team.

From Washington Times ● May 14, 2022

Kraft's former chief procurement officer Klaus Hofmann agreed to pay $100,000 and was barred from serving as a public company officer or director for five years in a settlement that is pending court approval.

From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2021

We did not know, but thought him a company officer of the rank of captain perhaps.

From The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland by Pearson, George