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Staff officer

noun

A commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff.

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"Staff officer" Quotes from Famous Books

... by my son-in-law, Captain Williams Ellis, and a life-long friend, Lord Ruthven, then the Master of Ruthven, and chief Staff Officer of the Guards Division, into the first trench-line opposite the Aubers Ridge, and incidentally to view some of the worst and wettest trenches on the whole front, at the moment held in part by my son-in- law's regiment, the Welsh Guards. ...

— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey

... occasion a staff officer, a married man, was residing in the "Governor's House." One night as the nurse lay awake—she and the children were in a room which opened into what was known as the White Lady's apartment—she suddenly ...

— True Irish Ghost Stories • St John D Seymour

... and, under the circumstances, the only possible one. He simple told them what they had already known—that he was a Headquarters Staff officer. ...

— The Highest Treason • Randall Garrett

... road not half a mile from the scene of the initial blows of the battle. The road was a winding affair, and the several battalions covered not only the highway, but also the hemp fields on either side. They were kept waiting for nearly an hour, when a staff officer came galloping up and informed Colonel Lyon that a portion of the enemy was cutting through ...

— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic

... is not essential in order to be a good infantry, cavalry, or artillery officer; but for a general, or for a staff officer, ...

— The Art of War • Baron Henri de Jomini

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