STAFF OFFICER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staff officer mean? 

• STAFF OFFICER (noun)
  The noun STAFF OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff

  Familiarity information: STAFF OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAFF OFFICER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("staff officer" is a kind of...):

commissioned officer (a military officer holding a commission)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "staff officer"):

judge advocate (a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander)

quartermaster general (a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army)