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Return :: Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc..

Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment..

Underofficer :: Underofficer (n.) A subordinate officer.

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer..

Maniple :: Maniple (a.) A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company..

Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general..

Veteran :: Veteran (a.) Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill..

Walker :: Walker (n.) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

President :: President (n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body..

Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one..

Chair :: Chair (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair..

Half-pike :: Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon..

Datary :: Datary (n.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria..

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..

Report :: Report (v. i.) To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter..

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural..

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