officier, n.m., officer; butler, steward. — de marine; naval officer. — général; general officer, (nav.) flag-officer. — d’état-major; staff-officer. — supérieur; field-officer. — de compagnie; regimental officer. — de justice; law-officer. — de port; harbor-master. — de santé; medical officer; surgeon. Sous-—; non-commissioned officer. —s de la bouche; king’s cooks. —s du gobelet; king’s butlers.
officieusement (-eûz-mān), adv., officiously, obligingly.
officieuseté, n.f., officiousness.
officieu-x, -se, n. and adj., busy-body; officious, obliging.
officinal, -e, adj., (pharm.) officinal.
officine, n.f., an apothecary’s laboratory.
offrande, n.f., offering, present.
offrant, adj.m., bidding. Au plus — et dernier enchérisseur; to the highest and last bidder.
offrant, n.m., bidder.
offre, n.f., offer, tender, proposal.