military officer

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military officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"officerarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officerarmy officer - an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer"brass hat - a high-ranking military officerchief of staff - the senior officer of a service of the armed forcescommandant, commander, commanding officer - an officer in command of a military unitcommissioned officer - a military officer holding a commissiondesk officer - a military officer who is not assigned to active dutyexecutive officer - the officer second in commandinspector general - a military officer responsible for investigationsmilitary adviser, military advisor - a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nationnaval officer - an officer in the navyenlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnelmilitary man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"warrant officer - holds rank by virtue of a warrantGrigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)