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ˈunder-ˌofficer
[under-1 6 a. Cf. Du. onderofficier, G. unterofficier, -offizier, Da., Norw., and Sw. underofficer.]
A sub-officer.
c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) iii. iv. 53 Confedered and entendyd with other suche brybours, whiche that were your vnder offycers. c1425Lucidarie (1909) 29 Hedes & vndirofficeres of hooly chirche. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 112 He spake to al the vnder officers sharplye. 1598Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 22 Vnto whom the souldiers and vnder⁓officers are to obey. 1626Jackson Creed viii. xxix. §5 Whether Pilate himselfe did write this title, or caused it to be written by some under-officer of the court. 1658–9Ld. Falkland in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 154 Major-general Overton might have been committed by the general as an under-officer. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4472/1 Bezeredi, with several of his Under-Officers,..divulged it to the common Soldiers. 1796Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 121 Two under officers are sent from the rear division. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xiii. 470 All officers and under-officers were obliged to appear at his head-quarters.
Hence ˈunder-ˌofficered a.1, furnished with under-officers.
1844Thackeray B. Lyndon vi, The Prussian army..was officered and under-officered by native Prussians. |