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field officer
noun
- an officer holding a field grade.
field officer
noun
- an officer holding field rank , namely that of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of field officer1
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Example Sentences
The stranger entered first, and throwing aside his cloak and hat disclosed the undress uniform of a field-officer.
Fifteen thousand acres were awarded to a field officer, nine thousand to a captain, six thousand to a subaltern, and so on.
We had no field officer and, as I remember, only one captain, one lieutenant and an orderly sergeant for the ten companies.
Their commander, Captain Nelson Miner, was that day acting field officer of the day, having charge of the guard details.
The field-officer of the day is now announced by the orderly.
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