Defn: To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.]
Shak.
OFFICEHOLDER
Of"fice*hold"er, n.
Defn: An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
OFFICER
Of"fi*cer, n. Etym: [F. officier. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]
1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. "I am an officer of state." Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.)
Defn: Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. — Officer of the day (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. — Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.
OFFICER
Of"fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Officered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Officering.]
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.
2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.