单词 | staff officer |
释义 | staff officern.ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > bearing a rod or staff > White Stick or Staff white rod1523 white staff1601 white staff officer1669 staff officer1702 white stick1848 1702 London Gaz. No. 3862/1 The Duke of Ormond, being the Staff-Officer in waiting. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Officer Staff Officers are such as in the King's Presence bear a white Staff; and at other times, going abroad, have a white Staff borne before them by a Footman bare-headed. Such are the Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Treasurer, &c. 2. Military. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > non-commissioned officer non-commissioned1648 staff officer1702 staff officer1702 NCO1803 non-com1834 mate1890 unteroffizier1917 1702 Mil. Dict. (1704) at Officer Warrant, and Staff-Officers, those who have not the King's Commission, but are appointed by the Colonels and Captains, as Quarter~masters, Serjeants, Corporals. [1711 (ed. 4) adds and in the same Number are included Chaplains and Surgeons]. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. v. 65 Kite. [A sergeant, addressing a constable] And then we're both Staff-Officers. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4590/3 Forty-four Staff-Officers. 1727 H. Bland Treat. Mil. Discipline v. 61 The Staff-Officers, viz. Chaplain, Adjutant, Quarter-Master, Surgeon and Mate. b. An officer doing duty with the general or departmental staff of an army, division, or brigade. Cf. German stabsoffizier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > non-commissioned officer non-commissioned1648 staff officer1702 staff officer1702 NCO1803 non-com1834 mate1890 unteroffizier1917 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > staff officer staff officer1780 red hat1916 staff-wallah1951 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer not exercising command staff officer1780 staff officer1891 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 43 Why, you shall have him for ten pounds, and I'm sure that's cheap enough for a staff officer. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. F ff 3/1 No officer must ride between the divisions on a march, except General and Staff officers. 1811 Gen. Regulations & Orders Army 29 Aides-de-Camp, Brigade-Majors, and other Staff Officers. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. vii. 594 I have seen staff officers, distinguished only by their sasheries and insignia, who would not [etc.]. 1912 G. O. Trevelyan George III & Fox I. iii. 112 When he was a young staff officer on active service. c. In the United States navy, an officer not exercising military command. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer not exercising command staff officer1780 staff officer1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1702 |
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