Definition of Commissioned officer

1. Noun. A military officer holding a commission.


Definition of Commissioned officer

1. Noun. (military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissioned Officer

commissariats
commissaries
commissars
commissary
commissaryship
commissaryships
commission
commission de bene esse
commission on professional and hospital activities
commission plan
commissionaire
commissionaires
commissioned
commissioned military officer
commissioned naval officer
commissioned officer (current term)
commissioned officers
commissioner
commissioners
commissionership
commissionerships
commissioning
commissionnaire
commissionnaires
commissions
commissionship
commissionships
commissive
commissive mood
commissive moods

Literary usage of Commissioned officer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"engine-room artificer relieves an engineer officer in his watch and performs similar duties ; the latter is a commissioned officer, whilst the engine-room ..."

2. pennsylvania archives by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1853)
"That every commander of any ship of war or armed vessel, commissioned officer, warrant officer, marine or seaman belonging to tho United States of America, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds: As it Regards Declarations in Trust by William Roberts (1807)
"... seaman, non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine* do amount to the value of twenty pounds, nor more than the sum of one pound eight shillings and ..."

4. A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States: Together with the by George Breckenridge Davis (1913)
"Abuse by non-commissioned officer of his authority over an inferior. ... Forfeiture of $3; for non-commissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $5. ..."

5. Military Laws of the United States: Including Those Relating to the Army by Abner Riviere Hetzel, d., United States (1846)
"Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall, jf his troop, company, or detachment, shall, upon being convicted themselves with- thereof, be punished, ..."

6. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"bate, &c. or petty officer, or seaman, or commission or non-commissioned officer of marines or marine; or if any person shall fraudulently receive or demand ..."

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