office bearer (of is bar"er)

One who has been intrusted with the discharge of some official duty, as in directing the affairs of a corporation, company, society, etc. office-book (of'is-bük), n. A service-book; a book containing religious offices or services. office-holder (of'is-holder), n. One who is in po e ion of an office under government; in general, any official. officer (of'i-ser), n. F. off icier = Pr. off icier = It. officiere, [ All the principal ministers of the British crown are popularly called the great officers of state. Encyc . Brit ., XXII. 458. 3. Used absolutely: (a) One who holds a commi ion in the army or navy. In the army general officers are those whose command extends to a body of forces composed of several regiments, as generals, lieu tenant-generals, major-generals, and brigadiers. Staf IMG:content-1657.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; hence, authorized: as, an official statement or report.-31. Performing duties or offices; rendering useful service; ministering. The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 2. Official arms, in her., arms a umed because representing an office or dignity, and impaled or in other way combined with the paternal arms: thus, a bishop impales the arms of his see with his personal arms. II. n. 1. One who is invested with an office of a public nature; one holding a civil appointment: as, a government official ; a railway off i cial. There shal no jugge imperial, Ne bi hop, ne official , Done jugement on me. officers to the general staff, and include the quartermaster-general, adjutant-general, aides-de-camp, etc. Commi ioned officers, in the British army, include colonels, lieutenant-colonels, and majors ( field - officers ), and captains, lieutenants, and sub-lieutenants ( company officers ), and are appointed by a commi ion from the crown or from a lord lieutenant; in the United States army these hold their commi ions from the President, the lowest grade being that of second lieutenant. Brevet officers are those who hold a nominal rank above that for which they receive pay. Non commi ioned officers are usually appointed by the commanding officers of the regiments, and are intermediate between commi ioned officers and private soldiers, as sergeant-majors, quartermaster-sergeants, sergeants, corporals, and drum and fife-majors. Officers in the navy are distinguished as commi ioned officers, holding their commi ions in the British navy from the lords of the Admiralty and in the United States navy from the President; warrant officers, holding warrants in the British navy from the Admiralty, and in the United States navy from the Secretary of the Navy, as boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers; and petty officers, appointed by the captain or officer commanding the ship. Officers in the navy are also cla ed as line or combatant officers, and staff or non - combatant officers, the latter comprising paymasters, and medical, commi ariat, and other civil officers. See line2, 14. (b) In the law of corporations, one who holds an office, such as a director or cashier, as distinguished from one who is an employee, as a bookkeeper. It is disputed whether a bank-teller is properly included in the designation of of-dom.] Officials collectively or as a cla . ficers or not. The question would often be determined by a reference to the charter or by-laws of the particular bank. More specifically, in popular use, an officer is an executive officer, such as the president, secretary, or trea surer, as distinguished from a member of the board of directors or an employee. (c) A policeman, constable, or beadle. It is no solecism to call a police-constable an officer , although the chief constable would speak of him as one of his "men." A police-constable is a peace officer , with the rights and duties of such, and is therefore entitled to be styled an officer . N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 237. (d) In some honorary orders, a member of higher rank than the lowest; in the Legion of Honor, the degree next higher than that of chevalier or knight.-Executive officer. See executive. - General officer, an officer who commands an army, a division, or a brigade; a general. See def. 3 (a).-Marine officer, naval officer, etc. See the adjectives. - Officer facto, in law, a person who by some color of right is in po e ion of an office and for the time being performs its duties with public acquiescence. Hence his acts are gener ally valid as to the public, though he may have no right as against the state. - Officer de jure, a person who, po e ing the legal qualifications, has been lawfully chosen to the office in question, and has fulfilled the conditions precedent to the performance of its duties. Hence he has a right to retain the office and receive its compensation. Cooley. Officer of arms, in her., one of the officials concerned with heraldry, as a king-at-arms, herald, or pursuivant. Officer of the day, an officer who has charge, for the time being, of the guard, prisoners, and police of a military force or camp, and inspects the guard, me es, barracks, storehouses, corrals, etc. Officer of the deck, the officer who has charge, for the time being, of the management of a ship. Officer of the guard, a commi ioned officerer his detailed daily to command the guard rule is under the orders of the officer of the day; he instructs the non-commi ioned officers and privates of the guard in their duties, inspects the reliefs, visits the sentinels, and is responsible for the good order and discipline of the guard and prisoners, and also for the property they use. -Officer of the watch. officer. See orderly. officer (of'i-sér), v. See watch oficer. Orderly [ officer , n.] I.t in trans. To minister; be of service. The small store he set on princes and the nobility, unle they were officering to the welfare of the community of their fellow-men Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), ii. 95, Com[mentary. II. trans . 1. To furnish with officers; appoint officers over. These ve els, owned, controlled, and officered by the Confederate Government, sailed sometimes under the Brit ish flag. J. R. Soley , Blockade and Cruisers, p. 226. 2. To serve as officers for. Men of education pa certain examinations, pay for their own outfit and food, work hard in the army for a year, are then dismi ed on pa ing another examination, and become available in war chiefly to officer the reserves. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 11. office-seeker (of'is-sē"kėr), n. One who seeks public office. official (o-fish'al), a. and n. [ Rom . of the Rose , 1. 6420. One of those legislators especially odious to officials an independent "large-acred" member. Bulwer , My Novel, ix. 4. The hardest work of all, in one sense, falls on that much abused official , the Chief Clerk, who has to sit in a public room, acce ible to every one. E. Schuyler , Amer. Diplomacy, p. 16. 2. In Eng . eccles . law , a person appointed as judge by a bishop, chapter, or archdeacon, to hear causes in the ecclesiastical courts. officialdom (o-fish'al-dum), n. [ official + The language of officialdom is entirely French, indeed, thinly cloaked in a departmental disguise of English terminations. Corn hill Mag ., Oct., 1888.