warrant officer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission.
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An officer assigned to execute warrants and other writs.
The bailiff does not like to see himself as the brutal oppressor of the poor or as the agent of malicious creditors... This distinction between warrant officer and process server is not at all dissimilar to the gulf that divides the law officer and the peace officer in the police force... Warrant officers execute warrants whilst process servers distribute court summonses and cajole debtors.
1973, Paul Rock, Making People Pay, page 162:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| warrant officers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
chief petty officer · PO · staff officer · general · catchpoll · NCO · commissioned officer · CPO · general officer · flag officer · field officer · non-commissioned officer · petty officer
Deriveds
warrant officer class 1 · CWO · senior warrant officer · warrant officer 2 · chief warrant officer · SCWO · warrant officer class 2 · master warrant officer · master chief warrant officer · WO2 · senior chief warrant officer · MCWO · SWO · MWO
Hypernyms
officer · person · officer · person
Relateds
RSM (military officer) · CSM (military officer) · regimental sergeant major (military officer) · company sergeant major (military officer) · WO · process server
Synonyms
bailiff · beadle · pursuivant
Translations (25)
ru уо́ррент-офице́р (member of military) · id bintara tinggi (member of military) · ar مساعد (member of military) · pl chorąży (member of military) · el ανθυπασπιστής (member of military) · ga oifigeach barántais (member of military) · hu tiszthelyettes (member of military) · ja 准士官 (member of military) · it capomandamento (member of military) · ko 준위 (member of military) · ru ми́чман (member of military) · fi toimiupseeri (member of military) · cmn 准尉 (member of military) · ja 准尉 (member of military) · pl aspirantka (law enforcement) · pl chorąża (member of military) · bg съдия-изпълнител (law enforcement) · ms pegawai waran (member of military) · it maresciallo (member of military) · fr major (member of military) · fr adjudant (member of military) · pl aspirant (law enforcement) · it ruolo marescialli (member of military) · it ufficiale garante (member of military) · ru зауря́д-офице́р (member of military)