English Dictionary

warrant officer

名詞

(military) An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission. / (law enforcement) An officer assigned to execute warrants and other writs.

日本語の意味

（軍事）委任状に基づいて与えられる階級を持つ軍人。海外の軍隊では「准尉」と呼ばれる場合がある。 / （法執行）令状やその他の公文書を執行するために任命された警察官。

The warrant officer inspected the unit's equipment before the training exercise.

准尉は訓練演習の前に部隊の装備を点検した。

意味（1）

(military) An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission.

意味（2）

(law enforcement) An officer assigned to execute warrants and other writs.

The bailiff does not like to see himself as the brutal oppressor of the poor or as the agent of malicious creditors... This distinction between warrant officer and process server is not at all dissimilar to the gulf that divides the law officer and the peace officer in the police force... Warrant officers execute warrants whilst process servers distribute court summonses and cajole debtors.

warrant officers （ plural ）