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单词 staff officer
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staff officern.

1. A high officer of the royal household, or minister of state, bearing a white staff. See staff n.1 7. Obsolete.
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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.
a. A non-commissioned officer. Obsolete.
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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.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > staff officer
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer not exercising command
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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.
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1891 in Cent. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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