pilot officer

noun

: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a second lieutenant in the army

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Doyle’s husband was a U.S. Navy pilot officer who was on deployment at the time of the killing, the news release added. Fox News, 25 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pilot officer was in 1919

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“Pilot officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilot%20officer. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.

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