单词 | officerhood |
释义 | officerhoodn. The profession or status of an officer, esp. in the armed forces; (also) officers collectively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > collectively officerhood1856 1856 Illustr. Berwick Jrnl. 18 Oct. 2 Judging..from recent circumstances at Brighton, it seems that an officer is not necessarily a gentleman; and most assuredly a gentleman by virtue of his gentility is not thereby qualified to become an officer. Whatever relationship there may be between officerhood and gentility is accidental. 1877 19th Cent. Nov. 570 There is a strange, inappropriate dilettantism about the soldiering of the officerhood of the Russian army. 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 62 356 Transition from marginality to full officerhood depended upon changes in the minds of the other licensed officers [in the merchant marine]. 1985 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 23 218 Though [he was] seen as unqualified for officerhood, British staff officers..downplayed Amin's intellectual and educational shortcomings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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