单词 | foot officer |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot officer foot officer n. (a) an infantry officer or foot soldier (now historical); (b) a police officer who patrols on foot. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > infantry officer foot officer1633 1633 H. Hexham Iournall Anno 1632 38 (heading) The number of Foote Officers of all Nations slayne and hurt. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 547 [Monk] had the reputation of a very good Foot-Officer. 1860 A. Mordecai Mil. Comm. to Europe 1855 & 1856 158 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (36th Congr., 1st Sess: Senate Executive Doc. 60) Infantry and other foot officers wear a light and slightly curved saber, with a leather scabbard. 1913 Suffrage Parade (U.S. Senate) (63rd Congr., 1st Sess.) II. 739 I saw a mounted police officer try..to get the crowd back... I also saw a foot officer working to put the crowd back. 2002 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 10 Dec. 6 We will be increasing the number of foot officers on police patrol in Oban, Lorn and Mull. < as lemmas |
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