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Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..

Municipal :: Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers..

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..

Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..

Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer..

Commander :: Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it..

Reporter :: Reporter (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates..

Spook :: Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him..

Privateersman :: Privateersman (n.) An officer or seaman of a privateer.

Officer :: Officer (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits..

Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses..

Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..

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

Riding :: Riding (n.) A district in charge of an excise officer.

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

Junket :: Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.

Lieutenant General :: Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

Aid-de-camp :: Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements..

Landreeve :: Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward..

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