Officer
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from the late Latin from officiarius, meaning "official".
Examples
Military
Shipping industry
- Captain (nautical), the person in charge of a merchant ship
- Chief officer or chief mate, typically the person in charge of the deck department of a merchant ship
- Second officer or second mate, typically the navigator and medical officer on a merchant ship
- Third officer or third mate, typically the safety officer on a merchant ship
- Chief Engineering Officer. The person in charge of the technical department on a merchant ship.
- Second Engineering Officer. The person in charge of the engine room on a merchant ship.
- Third Engineering Officer. An Engineering Officer of the Watch.
- Coastguard Rescue Officer. A rescue officer employed by HM Coastguard
Law enforcement
Politics and government
- Chief Medical Officer
- Presiding Officer (disambiguation)
- Returning officer
- Foreign Service Officer, a diplomatic officer
- Internal Service Officer, a diplomatic officer
Ceremonial and other contexts
- Bank officer
- Chief academic officer, a provost
- Corporate officer, a corporate title
- Chief executive officer (CEO), Chief financial officer (CFO) and many other corporate titles (see also Category:Management occupations)
- Executive officer
- First Officer (disambiguation)
- Great Officer of State
- Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner
- Officer of arms
- Officer, or Great Officer, a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Order of the Garter, Legion of Honour, Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations
- Sabbatical officer
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