commissioned officer

Other forms: commissioned officers

Definitions of commissioned officer

1. noun

   a military officer holding a commission
   types:

   commissioned military officer

   a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps

   commissioned naval officer

   a commissioned officer in the navy

   judge advocate

   an officer assigned to the judge advocate general

   judge advocate general

   the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military

   line officer

   a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)

   ranker

   a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status

   staff officer

   a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff

   supply officer

   a commissioned officer responsible for logistics

   ensign

   a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

   captain, skipper

   the naval officer in command of a military ship

   captain

   an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

   colonel

   a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

   commander

   a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

   commodore

   a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

   FO, field officer, field-grade officer

   an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel

   flag officer

   a senior naval officer above the rank of captain

   general officer

   officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel

   judge advocate

   a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander

   lieutenant

   a commissioned military officer

   lieutenant

   an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

   lieutenant commander

   a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander

   lieutenant JG, lieutenant junior grade

   an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign

   major

   a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

   marshal, marshall

   (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

   quartermaster general

   a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army

   subaltern

   a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

   type of:

   military officer, officer

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command