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officerless

officerless adjective: without an officer.

Adjective

officerless (not comparable)

  1. Without an officer.
    • [F]ive of the Fusiliers N.C.O.s were decorated for the expert fashion in which they took charge, rallying waverers, collecting the men, holding important points, and captaining the officerless companies to fresh efforts and magnificent resistance.2014, Beatrix Brice, The Battle Book of Ypres: A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-1918, page 162

Origin of officerless

From officer + -less.

Questions about officerless

What does officerless mean?
Officerless means without an officer.
What part of speech is officerless?
Officerless is an adjective.

Words near officerless in the dictionary

  1. officeresses
  2. officerhood
  3. officerial
  4. officering
  5. officerism
  6. officerless
  7. officerlike
  8. officerly
  9. officers
  10. officers of the court
  11. officers of the peace

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