Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officer-like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English

Syllables: of-fi-cer--like
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of officerlike.

Example Sentences

"[…] for from her husband’s representations of me, she had formed a notion that she was to see a fine, tall, officer-like looking man (I use her very words); […]"
"The Secretary of Legation came next, then Captain Fairfax, commander of the Enchantress, and then by degrees stepped forward more tall, officer-like gentlemen—majors, lieutenants, colonels, captains, &c., whose names I need not mention."
"Understanding how divergent codes of masculinity informed ideas about officer-like conduct and gentlemanliness therefore reveals the values, assumptions, and taboos in military culture."

Inflected Forms

more officer-like (comparative) most officer-like (superlative)

Questions

What does officer-like mean?: Alternative form of officerlike.

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