commissioned officernoun [ C ]
uk/kəˌmɪʃ.ənd ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/us/kəˌmɪʃ.ənd ˈɑː.fɪ.sɚ/a type of officer in the armed forces
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General ranks in the armed forces
- ADC
- adjutant
- aide-de-camp
- artificer
- C-in-C
- captain
- co-
- commandant
- commander-in-chief
- five-star
- flash
- four-star
- generalissimo
- NCO
- non-commissioned officer
- officer
- ranking
- top brass
- warrant officer
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Examples from literature
- Arms shall not be taken down without proper supervision and by order of commissioned officer.
- It is right to add that no commissioned officer was present at the time.
- No active or commissioned officer does Secret Service work.
- Other sons had risen to the rank of commissioned officers, and their families formed the aristocracy of the neighbourhood.
- Seventeen commissioned officers were killed, and four mortally wounded.