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warrant officers

warrant officers is the plural of warrant officer.

Meaning of warrant officer

Noun

warrant officer (plural warrant officers)

  1. An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission.
  2. 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...1973, Paul Rock, Making People Pay, page 162

Questions about warrant officers

What is warrant officers the plural of?
Warrant officers is the plural of warrant officer.

Words near warrant officers in the dictionary

  1. warrant of payment
  2. warrant officer
  3. warrant officer 2
  4. warrant officer class 1
  5. warrant officer class 2
  6. warrant officers
  7. warrant officers class 1
  8. warrant officers class 2
  9. warrant return
  10. warrant returns
  11. warrantability

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