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executive officer
noun
- the officer second in command of a military or naval organization.
- an officer charged with executive duties, as in a corporation.
executive officer
noun
- the second-in-command of any of certain military units USXO
- a specialist seaman officer, responsible under the captain for the routine efficient running of the ship in the US, British (formerly), and certain other navies
Word History and Origins
Origin of executive officer1
Example Sentences
He is founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, a digital payments company.
For decades, chief executive officers studiously avoided wading into controversial issues of the day.
Precor will operate as a business unit of Peloton and Precor President Rob Barker will become chief executive officer of this division.
Still, Thomas Kurian, chief executive officer of Google’s cloud unit, has pushed to service the energy industry.
Hobson, co-chief executive officer of Ariel Investments, replaces Myron Ullman, who’s retiring.
AJAM chief executive officer Ehab Al Shihabi struck a defiant note.
“Olivier has done great work at Theory,” Andrew Rosen, the brand's chief executive officer, told WWD.
One of my close friends was the company executive officer for the unit at Zerok.
Henry Ford, founder, chief executive officer, and dictator of the Ford Motor Company, unilaterally raised—doubled!
After the deal to buy Heinz closed in February, 3G installed a new chief executive officer: Bernardo Hees.
A constitution was produced in which the chief executive officer was to be called the First Consul, with enormous powers.
A cannon shot took off the leg of the executive officer, and he died a few days later.
The gunner, under direction of the executive officer, will dismount all guns, and strike them into the hold.
At last all is ready, and the division officers report to the Executive Officer, who in turn reports to the Captain.
This indicated that the late second lieutenant of the Vernon had been appointed executive officer of the Bronx.
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