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Definition of Field officer
1. Noun. An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Commissioned Military Officer
Definition of Field officer
1. Noun. A (para)military commissioned officer who holds a field grade, ranking under general officers but above lower grades and fit to command medium-size units on the field, such as a battalion or regiment; or a non-army equivalents in rank. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Officer
Literary usage of Field officer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"It ie seen that every field officer in the brigade, excepting three, were wounded.
For further particulars, allow me to respectfully refer to the reports of ..."
2. The Military Laws of the United States by United States, George Breckenridge Davis (1897)
"No sentence adjudged by a field-officer, detailed to juiy 17,1862,0. try soldiers
of his regiment, shall be carried into execution 598; ..."
3. The Monthly Review (1842)
"By a field officer, actively employed in that country. Longman. OUR conflict in
Afghanistan has given birth to a far larger list of volumes than our Chinese ..."
4. A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States: Together with the by George Breckenridge Davis (1898)
"The Field-officer's Court thus became unauthorized in time of peace from and ...
The Article substituted the Field-officer's Court for the regimental or ..."
5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"field officer. Any officer between captain and a general officer. A major or a
lieutenant-colonel may be a field officer, being qualified to command whole ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1882)
"field officer of the day, Col. Nixon. field officer of the ... field officer of
the main guard to-morrow morning, Lt. Col. Hutchinson. Adjt. of the day, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States: Together with the by George Breckenridge Davis (1913)
"The Field-officer's Court thus became unauthorized in lime of peace from and ...
The Article substituted the Field-officer's Court for the regimental or ..."
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