officerless

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adjective

Without an officer.

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Meanings

adjectiveofficerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout 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

From officer + -less.

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APA

officerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officerless

MLA

“officerless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officerless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officerless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officerless.

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