SHIP'S OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

• SHIP'S OFFICER (noun)
  The noun SHIP'S OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

  Familiarity information: SHIP'S OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIP'S OFFICER (noun)

Meaning:

A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ship's officer; officer

Context example:

he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines

Hypernyms ("ship's officer" is a kind of...):

gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar (a man who serves as a sailor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ship's officer"):

captain; master; sea captain; skipper (an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship)

first mate; mate (the officer below the master on a commercial ship)

privateer; privateersman (an officer or crew member of a privateer)

purser (an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare)

navigator; sailing master (the ship's officer in charge of navigation)

steward (the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements)

supercargo (an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase)