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SHIP'S OFFICER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
Example:
he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
Synonyms:
officer; ship's officer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ship's officer" is a kind of...):
gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar (a man who serves as a sailor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ship's officer"):
captain; master; sea captain; skipper (an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship)
first mate; mate (the officer below the master on a commercial ship)
privateer; privateersman (an officer or crew member of a privateer)
purser (an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare)
navigator; sailing master (the ship's officer in charge of navigation)
steward (the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements)
supercargo (an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase)
