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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

Rivera’s father, Eugenio, served in the military for 32 years as an engineer officer.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2020

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

Among my other recollections of childhood are, as superintendent of the Academy, Colonel Robert E. Lee, afterwards the great Confederate leader; and McClellan, then a junior engineer officer.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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