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correctional officer

correctional 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 correctional officer

pluralcorrectional officers

Questions about correctional officer

What is correctional officer the alternative form of?
Correctional officer is the alternative form of corrections officer.

Words near correctional officer in the dictionary

  1. correctional centres
  2. correctional facilities
  3. correctional facility
  4. correctional institution
  5. correctional institutions
  6. correctional officer
  7. correctional officers
  8. correctionally
  9. correctioner
  10. correctioners
  11. correctionist

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