officer

thumb|alt=Picture of a Sabhara officer with an assault rifle|A Sabhara officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French officier), from Medieval Latin officiarius "an officer," from Latin officium "a service, a duty" the late Latin from officiarius, meaning "official."

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Within Vinony's link graph, officer is referenced by 563 other articles, and connects out to United Kingdom, Belgium and French.

It is catalogued under topics including Management occupations and Positions of authority.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: position
Subclass of: leader
Said to be same as: official

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female form of label: officière
male form of label: officier
has characteristic: authority
different from: military officer
Commons category: Officers

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Examples
Ceremonial and other contexts
Corporations
Education
Law enforcement
Military
Politics and government
Shipping industry
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==Examples== ===Ceremonial and other contexts=== Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy See), Order of the British Empire (UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) Great Officer of State Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner Officer of arms Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations

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