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

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

Each company officer had received orders to keep his men in camp; the horses of the artillery stood harnessed; everything seemed to be in readiness, come what might.

From Personal Recollections of Chickamauga A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States by Carnahan, James R. (James Richards)