n.
1.any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
2.someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
3.a member of a police force
4.a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel officer v.
1.direct or command as an officer
Idiom of the Day
take up where one left off
to start something again in the place that one has stopped
We will take up where we left off during the next class.