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engineer officer

British  

noun

  1. a ship's officer who is qualified to be in charge of the vessel's propulsion and other machinery

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She also paid the educational fees for the first marine engineer officer from Mauritius.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2022

He was working as a security engineer officer for the U.S.

From Washington Post Dec. 10, 2021

He served in the Army for five years as an engineer officer, including two deployments to Afghanistan in 2010 and 2012.

From New York Times May 6, 2018

Woods, whose first name and other details have been withheld for security reasons, is a weapon engineer officer aboard the vessel, one of the UK’s four submarines that carry Trident ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads.

From The Guardian Jan. 21, 2016

The name of another island in this lake, "parallel to Darling's island," is elsewhere given in the Gazetteer as Pilkington's island—a compliment to Gen. Pilkington, a distinguished engineer officer.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

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