officer
noun
a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
officered
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past participleof officer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof officer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
officernouna person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
Example Sentences
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Unlike the old Prussian Army, officered exclusively by aristocrats, every conscript will have an equal chance at an officer's commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
These Circles are groups of 20, organized by counties, each officered only by a secretary.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three weeks later they would return, clad in a motley array of khaki uniforms and armed with the weapons they had been taught to use in a crash program officered by Algerian "volunteers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Younger brothers Bob and Wilky went off to war and officered with distinction.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was officered by Captain M. Dimmock, Lieutenant Gay and Lieutenant Clarke, and was as well drilled as the cadets at West Point.
From Life Gleanings by T. J. Macon
