ossifern.

Brit.

/ˈɒsᵻfə/, U.S.

/ˈɑsəfər/

Forms: 1800s– ocifer, 1800s– ossifer, 1900s– occifer.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: officer n.

Etymology: Humorous alteration of officer n.

humorous (originally U.S.).

An officer, esp. in the police or armed forces.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun]

grithsergeant1293

Officer of the Lawc1380

peace officer1649

town officer1667

constable?c1682

myrmidon1699

limb of the law1730

ossifer1819

eirenarch1867

Keystone1929

lawman1959

1819 M. M. Noah She would be Soldier i. i. 27 She's gone after Mr. Lenox, the infantry ossifer.

1831 J. H. Motte Diary 6 June in A. H. Cole Charleston goes to Harvard (1940) 32 I thought the company performed their evolutions rather awkwardly, considering that they are all ‘ocifers’.

1864 J. C. Burrill Diary in Proc. Amer. Dial. Dict. (1983) 70 45 There would be two or three ‘ossifers’, that I was acquainted with, concluded to go with them.

1936 Butterfly 8 Aug. 4/3 Know you not who I yam, ossifers!

1949 M. Baldwin I leap over Wall viii. 193 Silly twerp,..forgets every darned thing since she got off with that ossifer.

1990 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 (heading) 'Scuse me, occifer, I've a bank to rob.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossifer
释义	ossifern. Brit. /ˈɒsᵻfə/, U.S. /ˈɑsəfər/ Forms: 1800s– ocifer, 1800s– ossifer, 1900s– occifer. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: officer n. Etymology: Humorous alteration of officer n. humorous (originally U.S.). An officer, esp. in the police or armed forces. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] grithsergeant1293 Officer of the Lawc1380 peace officer1649 town officer1667 constable?c1682 myrmidon1699 limb of the law1730 ossifer1819 eirenarch1867 Keystone1929 lawman1959 1819 M. M. Noah She would be Soldier i. i. 27 She's gone after Mr. Lenox, the infantry ossifer. 1831 J. H. Motte Diary 6 June in A. H. Cole Charleston goes to Harvard (1940) 32 I thought the company performed their evolutions rather awkwardly, considering that they are all ‘ocifers’. 1864 J. C. Burrill Diary in Proc. Amer. Dial. Dict. (1983) 70 45 There would be two or three ‘ossifers’, that I was acquainted with, concluded to go with them. 1936 Butterfly 8 Aug. 4/3 Know you not who I yam, ossifers! 1949 M. Baldwin I leap over Wall viii. 193 Silly twerp,..forgets every darned thing since she got off with that ossifer. 1990 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 (heading) 'Scuse me, occifer, I've a bank to rob. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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