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detailer

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A person who assigns people to jobs or ships in the military

noun
/ˈdiːteɪlər/

Jargon

: oficial de asignación

As a detailer in the Navy, he was responsible for placing sailors in their appropriate positions on the ship.

Examples

As the enlisted detailer for more than 5,000 enlisted Navy Reserve medical personnel, he leads weekly remedial physical fitness sessions, runs in local road races, coaches his son's little league basketball team, and visits local elementary schools to encourage students to stay away from drugs as part of Campaign Drug Free.

Blog text (17)
The detailer assigned to our unit ensured that everyone understood their roles before the mission began.
The commanding officer consulted the detailer to ensure that each soldier was assigned to the right task.

Synonyms

officer

vsdetailer

77 3.1

A person with authority on a ship who leads a team or department

concentrates on assigning personnel to ships and duties rather than running operations

orderly sergeant

vsdetailer

Archaic

9.9

A senior soldier who helps an officer by passing orders and handling the unit's paperwork

focuses on assigning personnel to positions or duties rather than conveying general orders

How Senior

commanding officer

Specialized

80 4.1

staff officer

Specialized

3 6.1

detailer

Jargon

1 8.1

clerk

273 2.5

Surface Forms

detailer singular

detailers plural

Morphology

detailer = detail (semi-transparent) = detail + er

Morphologically transparent (verb + -er), but the specific military/administrative occupational meaning is specialized and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Detailer comes from detail meaning 'small part' and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. A useful way to remember it is that this person 'gives the details' of who will do each task, so a detailer in the military assigns people to specific positions.