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correction officer

correction officer is the alternative form of corrections officer.

Meaning of corrections officer

Noun

corrections officer (plural corrections officers)

  1. A jailer.
    • Frank was proud of the fact that in all his years as a corrections officer, he had never been assaulted by an inmate.
    Synonyms:
    guard, jailor, turnkey

Forms of correction officer

pluralcorrection officers

Questions about correction officer

What is correction officer the alternative form of?
Correction officer is the alternative form of corrections officer.

Words near correction officer in the dictionary

  1. correction factors
  2. correction fluid
  3. correction fluids
  4. correction line
  5. correction lines
  6. correction officer
  7. correction officers
  8. correction paper
  9. correction papers
  10. correction tape
  11. correction tapes

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