field officer

American  

noun

Military.

1. an officer holding a field grade.

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field officer British  

noun

1. an officer holding field rank , namely that of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel

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Etymology

Origin of field officer

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

“The new ‘magic number’ reflects a convergence of factors — from persistent inflation and longer life expectancies, to uncertainty about the future of Social Security,” said John Roberts, chief field officer at Northwestern Mutual.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

"He's almost like a dog in behaviour, so we want to maintain his life of being a happy, social pig," said Augusta Allen, a field officer with Aurora Animal Services,

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

“We have jokes about that both internally and externally,” Keron Blair, the chief field officer for New Georgia Project Action Fund, a top organizing group in the state, told me.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022

The Shin Bet internal security agency, which carried out the interrogations, issued a rare apology for Mr. Beinart’s detention, calling it an “error of judgment” by a field officer.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018

Old, to be sure, but it had seen Root through a dozen firefights and it made him feel like a field officer again.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer