first officer
Americannoun
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another name for first mate
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the member of an aircraft crew who is second in command to the captain
Example Sentences
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The captain and his first officer were taken into police custody in early October before returning to sea.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Prosecutors argued over the three-week trial that Gonzales, 52, failed to immediately confront the gunman as the first officer on the scene.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
On the first two legs, he and first officer Eric Tellman noticed a dirty sock-like smell—an indicator of a fume event—spreading through the Airbus A319 just as they started their descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Sitting next to Caviedes was his first officer, Mauricio Klotz, and in the flight recorder, there are long stretches of nothing but rustling and engine noise.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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