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{{Short description|Person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization}}
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An '''officer''' is a [[person]] who has a position of [[authority]] in a [[hierarchical organization]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heathfield|first=Susan|date=2021-02-19|title=What Do Job Titles Signify on the Organization Chart?|url=https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-do-job-titles-signify-on-the-organization-chart-1918171|access-date=2021-04-12|website=The Balance Careers|language=en}}</ref> The term derives from [[Old French]] ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., [[Modern French]] ''officier''), from [[Medieval Latin]] ''officiarius'' "an officer," from [[Latin]] ''officium'' "a service, a duty" the [[late Latin]] from ''officiarius'', meaning "[[official]]."<ref>{{Cite web|title=officer {{!}} Origin and meaning of officer by Online Etymology Dictionary|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/officer|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Examples==
===Ceremonial and other contexts===
*Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain [[chivalric order]]s and [[order of merit|orders of merit]], e.g. [[Legion of Honour]] (France), [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|Order of the Holy Sepulchre]] ([[Holy See]]), [[Order of the British Empire]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] ([[Belgium]])
*[[Great Officer of State]]
*[[Merchant marine officer]] or licensed mariner
*[[Officer of arms]]
*[[Officer in The Salvation Army]], and other state decorations

===Corporations===
*[[Bank officer]]
*Corporate officer, a [[corporate title]]
**[[Chief executive officer]] (CEO)
**[[Chief financial officer]] (CFO)
**[[Chief operating officer]] (COO)
*[[Executive officer]]

===Education===
*Chief academic officer, a [[provost (education)|provost]]
*[[Sabbatical officer]]

===Law enforcement===
*[[Bylaw enforcement officer]]
*[[Corrections officer]]
*[[Customs officer]]
*[[Environmental Health Officer]]
*[[Officer of the court]]
*[[Parking enforcement officer]]
*[[Police officer]]
**[[Police community support officer]]
*[[Security officer]],

===Military===
*[[Officer (armed forces)]]
* [[Commanding officer]]
* [[Petty officer]]

===Politics and government===
*[[Chief Medical Officer]]
*[[Foreign Service Officer]], a diplomatic officer
*[[Internal Service Officer]], a diplomatic officer
*[[Presiding Officer (disambiguation)]]
*[[Returning officer]]

===Shipping industry===
*[[Captain (nautical)]], the person in charge of a merchant ship
*[[Chief Engineering Officer]], the person in charge of the technical department on a merchant ship
*Chief officer or [[chief mate]], typically the person in charge of the deck department of a merchant ship
*[[Coastguard Rescue Officer]], a rescue officer employed by [[HM Coastguard]]
*Second officer or [[second mate]], typically the navigator and medical officer on a merchant ship
*Third officer or [[third mate]], typically the safety officer on a merchant ship
*[[Second Engineering Officer]], the person in charge of the engine room on a merchant ship
*[[Third Engineering Officer]], an Engineering Officer of the Watch

==See also==
*[[First Officer (disambiguation)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Management occupations]]
[[Category:Positions of authority]]