单词 | sub-officer |
释义 | sub-officern. (A title for) a subordinate officer. In later use esp.: (British) a member of the fire services ranked below Station Officer (now disused). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > subordinate officer captainc1380 under-officerc1400 petty officer1587 subaltern?1608 sub-officer1609 subaltern officer1611 sub1710 company officer1786 C.P.O.1907 1609 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 27 It is alledgeit that the sub-officer thair hes gevin thame promeis of protectioun for two monethis. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. E Let him have pow'r..underneath him to subordinate Sub-Officers. 1678 T. Ellwood Found. Tythes Shaken v. 442 The Husbandmen now should compute their Charge, and take an exact Account of what they pay both to the Priest and his Sub-Officers. 1735 J. Kirby Suffolk Traveller 29 A small Village..governed by two Bailiffs and other Sub-Officers. 1789 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 165/1 Two Lieutenants guarded the door of the hall, and sub-officers from thence quite to the door of the court. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 17 Sub-officers, soldiers and sailors in mutiny. 1845 G. P. R. James Smuggler xxx. 132/2 A sub-officer of the Customs. 1913 Daily Graphic 24 Mar. 6/1 A sub-officer of the Fire Brigade. 1993 D. Humphries London's Burning (LWT post-production script) (O.E.D. Archive) 6th Ser. Episode 1. 36 Pearce I've been made up to Sub-Officer... Must be doing something right, eh? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609 |
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