"warrant officer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: warrant officers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} warrant officer (plural warrant officers)
  1. (military) An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission. Categories (topical): Military, Military ranks Translations (member of military): 准尉 (zhǔnwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), vääpeli (Finnish), adjudant [masculine] (French), ανθυπασπιστής (anthypaspistís) (Greek), tiszthelyettes (Hungarian), bintara tinggi (Indonesian), oifigeach barántais [masculine] (Irish), ruolo marescialli [masculine] (Italian), ufficiale garante [masculine] (Italian), capomandamento [masculine] (Italian), maresciallo [masculine] (Italian), 准士官 (junshikan) (alt: じゅんしかん) (Japanese), 准尉 (juni) (alt: じゅんい) (Japanese), chorąży [masculine] (Polish), chorąża [feminine] (Polish), уо́ррент-офице́р (uórrɛnt-oficér) [masculine] (Russian), зауря́д-офице́р (zaurjád-oficér) [masculine] (Russian), ми́чман (míčman) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-warrant_officer-en-noun-CEIwBryT Disambiguation of Military ranks: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'member of military': 57 43
  2. (law enforcement) An officer assigned to execute warrants and other writs. Categories (topical): Law enforcement, Military ranks, People Coordinate_terms (military officer): commissioned officer Translations (law enforcement): съдия-изпълнител (sǎdija-izpǎlnitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aspirant [masculine] (Polish), aspirantka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-warrant_officer-en-noun-6Gz8txbw Disambiguation of Military ranks: 53 47 Disambiguation of People: 39 61 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'military officer': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'law enforcement': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: WO [abbreviation] [military, war, government, politics], pursuivant [historical] [law-enforcement, government], bailiff [law-enforcement, government], beadle [law-enforcement, government] Hypernyms: catchpoll (english: arresting for debt) [law-enforcement, government] Derived forms: chief warrant officer (alt: CWO), master warrant officer (alt: MWO), senior warrant officer (alt: SWO), warrant officer 2, warrant officer class 1, warrant officer class 2 Related terms: process server [law-enforcement, government], company sergeant major, CSM, regimental sergeant major, RSM, WO1, WO2 Coordinate_terms: non-commissioned officer, petty officer, general officer, flag officer, field officer, staff officer

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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junshikan",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "word": "准士官"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "juni",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "word": "准尉"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chorąży"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chorąża"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uórrɛnt-oficér",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уо́ррент-офице́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaurjád-oficér",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зауря́д-офице́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "míčman",
      "sense": "member of military",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́чман"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎdija-izpǎlnitel",
      "sense": "law enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съдия-изпълнител"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aspirant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aspirantka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "warrant officer"
  ],
  "word": "warrant officer"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'warrant officer 2', originally 'warrant officer 2'",
  "path": [
    "warrant officer"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "warrant officer",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'warrant officer class 1', originally 'warrant officer class 1'",
  "path": [
    "warrant officer"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "warrant officer",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'warrant officer class 2', originally 'warrant officer class 2'",
  "path": [
    "warrant officer"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "warrant officer",
  "trace": ""
}

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