engineer officer

noun

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

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engine house, engine pod, engine room, engine turning, engineer, engineer officer, engineer's chain, engineering, engineering geology, engineman, enginery

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Example sentences from the Web for engineer officer

Commodore Shubrick commanded this expedition, and took Halleck along as his engineer-officer.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman
He knew the engineer-officer by reputation; he knew with what impatience that determined man chafed under his restraint.
The Mysterious Island|Jules Verne