senior officer
High-ranking military leader
A senior officer is a high-ranking member of a military, police force, or organization—someone with significant authority and experience relative to junior personnel.
In military contexts, senior officers typically hold ranks from major or lieutenant commander upward.
The term also applies in corporate settings: The senior officer on duty made the call.
Seniority implies both rank and tenure.
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- captainOne who commands
- colonelSenior military officer
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- admiralSenior naval commander
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- military officerscolonel, general, major, admirals, field marshals
- military ranksgeneral, captain, major, sergeant, private
- Police Rankschief of police, police chief, police commissioner, sheriff, deputy chief
- Top Brassgeneral, admiral, commander, colonel, brigadier
- prison staffprison guard, guard, warden, jailer, deputy warden
- ship officerscaptain, first mate, second mate, third mate, chief mate
senior officerjunior officer
Low-ranking commissioned military member
subordinate · private · ensign · second lieutenant · raw recruit
senior officerenlisted personnel
Non-commissioned military members
enlisted man · grunt · enlisted soldier · private · rank and file
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