field officern.

Brit.

/ˈfiːld ˌɒfᵻsə/, U.S.

/ˈfild ˌɔfəsər/,

/ˈfild ˌɑfəsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, officer n.

Etymology: < field n.¹ + officer n. Compare earlier field marshal n. 1.

1. Military. An army officer ranked above a captain and below a general; a major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or (in the British and other Commonwealth armies) brigadier.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > field-officer

officer of the field1535

field general1621

field officer1642

1642 (title) A list of the field-officers chosen and appointed for the Irish expedition.

1650 M. Carter Most True Relation Exped. Kent, Essex, & Colchester 164 No Gunner should fire a Cannon without the Command of a Field Officer of his Post, or a General Officer of the Field.

1724 London Gaz. No. 6310/2 All the Field Officers having the Honour of being admitted to his Table.

1784 St. James's Chron. 31 Aug.–2 Sept. An Account of the late Affair which happened in the Barracks at Chatham between two Field-Officers.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 549 A field officer shall not hold an office upon the staff.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 138 One peak stood like a field-officer with his cap raised above his head.

1905 J. Bowe With 13th Minnesota in Philippines 119 His death left the Regiment without a field officer at the front.

1954 J. Masters Bhowani Junction xxxix. 337 In this regiment subalterns address field officers as ‘Sir’, not ‘Major’, or ‘Colonel’, or even ‘Chief’.

1997 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. 35 You have betrayed the great trust placed in you as a field officer in the Army.

2. An employee of a civilian agency or organization who works away from the central office or headquarters, esp. one with responsibility for a particular area or region (cf. field office n. (b) at field n.¹ Compounds 5).

ΚΠ

1879 U.S. Senate Rep. No. 857 2 in Rep. Comm. Senate U.S. 3rd Session 45th Congr. II Mr. Webber, as are all field-officers of the Coast Survey, was exposed throughout his employment to the effects of every climate.

1893 Johnson's Universal Cycl. (new ed.) II. 359/1 All field officers, civilian or naval, receive their instructions directly from the superintendent.

1922 Railroad Trainman July 425/2 The immense amount of mileage travelled by our field officers in carrying on the work of the Brotherhood.

1989 Geraldton Guardian 24 Feb. 2/2 Brockman..could only have attended the prison on October 23 in her capacity as a field officer with the Aboriginal Legal Service.

2001 Guardian 23 Apr. i. 6/7 Ted Barnes, a field officer for the International League for the Protection of Horses.

Derivatives

field-ˈofficerism n. rare field officers collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > field-officer > position of

field grade1836

field-officerism1837

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 331 Spanish Field-officerism struck mute at such cat-o'-mountain spirit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	field officer
释义	field officern. Brit. /ˈfiːld ˌɒfᵻsə/, U.S. /ˈfild ˌɔfəsər/, /ˈfild ˌɑfəsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, officer n. Etymology: < field n.¹ + officer n. Compare earlier field marshal n. 1. 1. Military. An army officer ranked above a captain and below a general; a major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or (in the British and other Commonwealth armies) brigadier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > field-officer officer of the field1535 field general1621 field officer1642 1642 (title) A list of the field-officers chosen and appointed for the Irish expedition. 1650 M. Carter Most True Relation Exped. Kent, Essex, & Colchester 164 No Gunner should fire a Cannon without the Command of a Field Officer of his Post, or a General Officer of the Field. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6310/2 All the Field Officers having the Honour of being admitted to his Table. 1784 St. James's Chron. 31 Aug.–2 Sept. An Account of the late Affair which happened in the Barracks at Chatham between two Field-Officers. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 549 A field officer shall not hold an office upon the staff. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 138 One peak stood like a field-officer with his cap raised above his head. 1905 J. Bowe With 13th Minnesota in Philippines 119 His death left the Regiment without a field officer at the front. 1954 J. Masters Bhowani Junction xxxix. 337 In this regiment subalterns address field officers as ‘Sir’, not ‘Major’, or ‘Colonel’, or even ‘Chief’. 1997 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. 35 You have betrayed the great trust placed in you as a field officer in the Army. 2. An employee of a civilian agency or organization who works away from the central office or headquarters, esp. one with responsibility for a particular area or region (cf. field office n. (b) at field n.¹ Compounds 5). ΚΠ 1879 U.S. Senate Rep. No. 857 2 in Rep. Comm. Senate U.S. 3rd Session 45th Congr. II Mr. Webber, as are all field-officers of the Coast Survey, was exposed throughout his employment to the effects of every climate. 1893 Johnson's Universal Cycl. (new ed.) II. 359/1 All field officers, civilian or naval, receive their instructions directly from the superintendent. 1922 Railroad Trainman July 425/2 The immense amount of mileage travelled by our field officers in carrying on the work of the Brotherhood. 1989 Geraldton Guardian 24 Feb. 2/2 Brockman..could only have attended the prison on October 23 in her capacity as a field officer with the Aboriginal Legal Service. 2001 Guardian 23 Apr. i. 6/7 Ted Barnes, a field officer for the International League for the Protection of Horses. Derivatives field-ˈofficerism n. rare field officers collectively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > field-officer > position of field grade1836 field-officerism1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 331 Spanish Field-officerism struck mute at such cat-o'-mountain spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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