Someone who holds a position of command in an army or navy.
"But reverses and successes seemed equally to kindle in the troops the one desire of murdering their officers."
Tacitus, Histories (100 AD).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
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- Richard Voorhees
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- Periwiggmaker
- Upton Sinclair on Lobbyists
- Twain on Keelboatmen
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- Buyers and Beggars
- Errant Panegyrists
- Potions and Motions
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- Kemp
- Professor of Black Magic
- Lector
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- Horace on Agents
- Ordinary
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