staff officer
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6.1
- noun
- /stæf ˈɔfɪsər/
- Specialized
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oficial de estado mayor
- As a staff officer, she played a crucial role in developing the military strategy for the upcoming operation.
- senior staff officer
That team is run by ACIA staff officer.
- That team is run by ACIA staff officer.
- And if anything's coming, so their staff officer, senior officer of the day is a Brigadier General.
- He goes to work in the brigade, some junior staff officer, and he just keeps winning camp, battle after battle after campaign.
Examples
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The staff officers took his ready acquiescence without blinking, but some of his commanders raised eyebrows.
Fiction book (1992) -
General Powell proved to be an able staff officer and approached the NSC job in a manner of which I thoroughly approved.
Academic text (1990) -
Get a staff officer to me immediately.
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Not only were his young staff officers,
Fiction book (1992) -
The major was not simply a disgruntled staff officer.
Fiction book (1996) -
General, this is my personal staff officer, Major Brent Beardsley.
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The staff officers rejoined Lee as soon as Rhoodie had gone.
Fiction book (1992) -
But some with excellent records as staff officers but very little troop experience are still appearing on the command eligibility lists.
Academic text (1995) -
Regaining his composure, he looked down the table to his company and staff officers, who had sat with smiling patience during the exchange.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Good morning, sir," Navy Captain Rebecca Rodgers, senior staff officer, Pacific, of J-2, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Intelligence Directorate, began.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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9.0
A military officer who helps a senior officer with paperwork and schedules
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9.6
A military officer who helps a senior officer with personal and official duties
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4.2
A person in the military or police who does office work
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'staff' (employees/support group) + 'officer' (military rank) yields an officer who serves on a commander's staff. This noun–noun compound follows a common, predictable pattern and although slightly specialized, its sense is readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun staff officer may come from the old picture of a leader's staff — a long stick that showed authority — and the people who stood near the leader to help. So a staff officer is an officer who works on the leader's team to 'help' with planning and organisation.