officerlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒfᵻsələs/, U.S.

/ˈɔfəsərləs/,

/ˈɑfəsərləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: officer n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < officer n. + -less suffix.

Without an officer or officers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [adjective] > without officers

officerless1834

1834 Colonial Times (Hobart, Van Diemen's Land) 28 Oct. 346/2 We have Major Schaw, also, soldierless at Bothwell, doing a bit of Justice now and then. The Captains and senior Lieutenants, all with detachments, and thus, the soldiers left officerless!

1851 Birmingham Jrnl. 4 Oct. 5/5 To the defection of Disraeli we have this week to add the apologetic, yet not the less complete, desertion from the officerless ranks of the county party, of the Members for Oxfordshire, Messrs. Henley and Harcourt.

1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 145 About 7 a.m. some officerless men..quitted the sorry shelter they had contrived to scrape together during that indescribable night.

1943 Sociometry 6 73 The officerless traffic light and the unsupervised passenger lanes.

1994 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 58 609 The officerless Fifth Brigade was similarly attacked and dispersed outside Agra.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	officerless
释义	officerlessadj. Brit. /ˈɒfᵻsələs/, U.S. /ˈɔfəsərləs/, /ˈɑfəsərləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: officer n., -less suffix. Etymology: < officer n. + -less suffix. Without an officer or officers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [adjective] > without officers officerless1834 1834 Colonial Times (Hobart, Van Diemen's Land) 28 Oct. 346/2 We have Major Schaw, also, soldierless at Bothwell, doing a bit of Justice now and then. The Captains and senior Lieutenants, all with detachments, and thus, the soldiers left officerless! 1851 Birmingham Jrnl. 4 Oct. 5/5 To the defection of Disraeli we have this week to add the apologetic, yet not the less complete, desertion from the officerless ranks of the county party, of the Members for Oxfordshire, Messrs. Henley and Harcourt. 1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 145 About 7 a.m. some officerless men..quitted the sorry shelter they had contrived to scrape together during that indescribable night. 1943 Sociometry 6 73 The officerless traffic light and the unsupervised passenger lanes. 1994 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 58 609 The officerless Fifth Brigade was similarly attacked and dispersed outside Agra. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1834
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