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.
underofficer
-
a word derived from
officer.
Example Sentences
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"Yes," scoffed an underofficer, "but they are led by donkeys."
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost at the same time in Washington, President Roosevelt signed a bill awarding Admiral Holt and another British underofficer the U. S. Distinguished Service Medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was living with a certain old Cossack underofficer whom I loved, not only on account of his kindly disposition, but also, and more especially, on account of his pretty daughter, Nastya.
From A Hero of Our Time by J. H. Wisdom
One underofficer declared that he was the only man remaining out of his company.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller
