Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Field Officer

Any officer between captain and a general officer. A major or a lieutenant-colonel may be a field officer, being qualified to command whole battalions, or a “field.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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