military official

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandofficial

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military
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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official
noun[C]
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She was the daughter of a high-rankingmilitaryofficial.
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His father was amilitaryofficialin the imperial army.
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Zayas received the best education available as the son of amilitaryofficial.
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This ceremony is done so that a highly decoratedmilitaryofficialcan review the troops.
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The country has five operation zones, each headed by a high-rankingmilitaryofficial.
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He was the most powerfulmilitaryofficialin the province after the war.
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Schoolteachers and other citizens engaged in a national public debate with soldiers and military officials over the pros and cons of professional armed forces.
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Military officials and bureaucrats must recognise that they have more to gain from compromise and a ' liberation of transactions ' than a corrupt economy.
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Military officials also gradually recognized the need to develop or greatly expand the production of aircraft, chemicals, radios, optical devices, and other war-related products requiring advanced knowledge and expertise.
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Anyone enduring such ordeals and written about in that way by military officials should at least have the right to some special consideration.
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Against a background of general shortages, the authorities are distributing food in such a way that high-ranking party and military officials are favoured, and ordinary citizens are missed out.
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The commission was given a budget of 1.6 million and relied on the expertise of military officials, political scientists, historians and international law experts.
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A chaotic environment of illegal bonds issued from civil and military officials resulted in much of the corrupted wealth ending up in foreign countries.
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During the war, the provincial administrative institutions were subordinate to the military and headed by military officials.
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By the early 1990s party officials and high military officials were becoming increasingly alarmed at the military's commercial involvement for a number of reasons.
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