executive officer

noun

: the officer second in command of a military or naval organization or vessel

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The lawsuit sought to stop LAFCO and its executive officer, Keene Simonds, from continuing the process, which includes an administrative review of the application filed by ACLJ in January 2025. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026 He was later charged with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026 He was charged with three counts of battery against a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer. —

Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026 He was medically cleared and booked into the South County Placer County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony evasion and resisting an executive officer. —

Jose Fabian, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for executive officer

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of executive officer was in 1776

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