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STAFF OFFICER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does staff officer mean?
• STAFF OFFICER (noun)
The noun STAFF OFFICER has 1 sense:
1. a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
Familiarity information: STAFF OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("staff officer" is a kind of...):
commissioned officer (a military officer holding a commission)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "staff officer"):
judge advocate (a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander)
quartermaster general (a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army)
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