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.
unofficered
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a word derived from
officer.
Example Sentences
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They came straggling back yesterday from the top of Cheat unofficered, and in the most unsoldierly manner.
From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty
The heavens seemed to weep over the disgrace as the men poured into the city, singly and in groups, unofficered, and without their firearms, which many had lost, or thrown away in their flight.
Everything eatable is requisitioned by the unofficered soldiers.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
Isolated, unorganised, unofficered, half-armed, girt by a swarm of foes, you ceased to fight, but you neither betrayed nor repented.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
