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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

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She also paid the educational fees for the first marine engineer officer from Mauritius.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2022

He was working as a security engineer officer for the U.S.

From Washington Post Dec. 10, 2021

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

So eager was the engineer officer to reach the German trench, that, finding he was striking water underground, he loaded in something like a ton and a half of explosive to make certain.

From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Frederic C. Curry

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