superior officer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuperiorandofficer
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superior
adjective
uk/suːˈpɪə.ri.ər/us/səˈpɪr.i.ɚ/
better than average or better than other people or things of the ...
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officer
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/us/ˈɑː.fɪ.sɚ/
a person in the armed forces who has a position ...
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(Definition ofsuperiorandofficerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Density, however, is an entirely different matter and not what thesuperiorofficerhas called for.
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Consider the soldier who likes to energize himself by imagining the enemy he is firing at to be asuperiorofficerhe particularly despises.
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He knows this man well, as he was, as it were, asuperiorofficerof this man in civil employment for many years.
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The mere fact of the soldier refusing is, in effect, in times of difficulty, revolt against the instructions of hissuperiorofficer.
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The individual who will give the instructions over the artificer will be thesuperiorofficer.
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Having been told that in writing by hissuperiorofficer, he returned it.
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Striking asuperiorofficeris one of the gravest offences anyone can commit.
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These as the pension officers, have the advice and assistance of asuperiorofficerat their approval.
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Two of these men are also charged with being drunk and striking asuperiorofficer.
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He should make them first to hissuperiorofficer.
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Can that be done without the express or tacit permission of somesuperiorofficer?
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If it can, can it be done without the negligence of somesuperiorofficer?
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He reports to hissuperiorofficer, and therefore a verbal warning by him at the time, of the intended prosecution, is of no avail.
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He is also aware that when a state of national emergency has been proclaimed he must obey the orders of hissuperiorofficer.
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Is it possible for a constable to take the examination without the consent of hissuperiorofficer?
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Obviously a soldier hitting hissuperiorofficerought to be dealt with under military law.
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Must any airman go up if he is ordered to do so by hissuperiorofficer?
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In court, thesuperiorofficerwho made the charges against him was fined £5, or two months' imprisonment.
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I wish to know whether he has now received the money expended on the telegraphic instructions of hissuperiorofficer?
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I have been a junior officer who has met with great loyalty on many occasions from asuperiorofficer.
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