officer:
(plural: ‘officers‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a government officer in his office room
a qualified person who is elected or given a position of responsibility with authority to run an office of a business, company, government department, etc.;
an officeholder (previous entry);
an official of some government office with considerable responsibility and authority — customs office, transport office, tax office, etc.;
an official (next entry);
a person in the armed forces (military) who holds a position of responsibility, authority, and duty;
a police officer (a policeman),
a posse of police officers
The custom officers are given complete authority to arrest and prosecute any person connected with drug smuggling.
The officers from the insurance company are visiting all their policy holders to check for frauds.
Military officers are responsible for the lives of their men, in times of war as well as in times of peace.
Each of our ten streets in our locality are patrolled by a police officer round the clock.
