Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acolouthos akolouthos akoluthos | the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors. [Gk. akolouthos, an attendant]. |
| adjutant | an officer who assists superior officers by communicating orders, conducting correspondence, etc. |
| adjutancy | the office of an adjutant. |
| admiral | a naval officer of high rank, spec. of the rank next below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron. |
| admiralship | the office of ADMIRAL. |
| admiralty | the office of admiral. |
| akolouthos | see ACOLOUTHOS. |
| akoluthos | see ACOLOUTHOS. |
| ammiral | (obs.) admiral. |
| bimbashi | a military officer in Turkey > BIMBASHIS. [Turkish bin, thousand, + bas, head]. |
| bombardier | in the British army, a non-commissioned officer in the artillery. |
| bosun boatswain | a ship's officer in charge of equipment and maintenance. |
| brevet | the promotion of a military officer to a higher rank without a corresponding increase in pay; (verb) to promote without an increase in pay > BREVETS, BREVETING or BREVETTING, BREVETED or BREVETTED. |
| brevetcy | the rank or condition of a brevet officer. |
| cadet | a student at a military school. |
| cadetship | the position, rank, or commission of a cadet. |
| capitan | the chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. |
| capitayn | (obs.) a captain. |
| captain | a head or chief officer; the commander of a ship; the commander of a company of troops; (verb) to act as a captain over. |
| captaincy | the office of a captain. |
| captainry | the rank or condition of a captain. |
| centurion | the leader of a Roman century, one hundred men. |
| cocaptain | a joint captain; (verb) to captain jointly. |
| cockswain coxswain | the steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew; (verb) to take charge of a boat and crew. |
| colonel | a military officer. |
| colonelcy | the office, rank, or commission of a colonel. |
| commander | one who commands; an officer in the navy next in rank under a captain. |
| commandery | the office or rank of a commander. |
| commodore | an officer of a rank between an admiral and a captain; the senior captain in a fleet of merchant ships. |
| cornet | up to 1871, a cavalry officer, later a sub-lieutenant. |
| cornetcy | the commission or rank of a CORNET. |
| coronel | (obs.) a colonel. |
| corporal | in the army, a non-commissioned officer next below a sergeant in rank. |
| decurion | in the Roman army, an officer over 10 soldiers. |
| ensign | until 1871, the officer of lowest commissioned rank in the British infantry; an officer of lowest commissioned rank in the US navy. |
| ensigncy | the rank or office of an ensign. |
| ensignship | the state or rank of an ensign. |
| flugelman fugleman | orig. a soldier placed usually on a flank during drill to serve as a guide for his company; now a leader generally. |
| general | an army officer between a field marshal and lieutenant-general in rank; (verb) to act as a general > GENERALS, GENERALLING, GENERALLED. |
| generalate | the office of a general. |
| generalcy | the rank of general. |
| generalissimo | the chief commander of an army. |
| goldstick | a colonel of the Life Guards, who carries a gilded wand before his sovereign. |
| havildar | the rank of sergeant in the Indian army. |
| hipparch | in ancient Greece, a cavalry commander. |
| jamadar jemadar jemidar | in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. |
| janty jauntie jaunty jonty | a naval master-at-arms. |
| jaygee | a military officer. |
| jemadar | see JAMADAR. |
| jemidar | see JAMADAR. |
| jonty | see JANTY. |
| killadar | the commandant of a fort or garrison. |
| lancejack | a lance corporal. |
| lieutenant | an official empowered to act for a higher official. |
| lieutenantry | the office of lieutenant. |
| looey looie louie | (coll.) lieutenant. |
| major | a military officer below a lieutenant colonel; (verb) to do one's principal study in > MAJORS, MAJORING, MAJORED. |
| majorship | the rank or office of a MAJOR. |
| mareschal | a marshal. |
| marischal | a marshal; (verb) to marshal > MARISCHALS, MARISCHALLING, MARISCHALLED. |
| marshal | an officer of the highest military rank. |
| marshalcy | the rank, office or department of a marshal. |
| midshipman | formerly, the title of a young officer (orig quartered amidships) entering the navy. |
| midshipmate | a MIDSHIPMAN. |
| naik | the rank of CORPORAL in the Indian army. |
| navarch | the commander of a fleet. [Gk. nauarchos, from naus, ship + arche, rule]. |
| noncom | a non-commissioned officer. |
| paladin | a trusted military leader (as for a medieval prince), esp. each of the twelve bravest and most famous warriors of Charlemagne's court. |
| patroon | a ship's captain; a holder of a grant of land from the Dutch governor of New York. |
| patroonship | the office of PATROON. |
| penteconter | a commander of a troop of fifty men. |
| plebe | a freshman at a military or naval academy. |
| private | not public > PRIVATER, PRIVATEST; PRIVATELY; (noun) a private soldier > PRIVATES. |
| ranker | a person who serves or has served as a private soldier; an officer who has risen from the ranks. |
| reefer | a MIDSHIPMAN. |
| ressaldar risaldar | an Indian troop commander. |
| sarge | (coll.) a sergeant. |
| seraskier | a general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire. |
| sergeancy | the office or rank of a sergeant. |
| sergeant serjeant | a noncommissioned military officer, the next rank above CORPORAL. |
| serjeancy | the office or rank of SERJEANT. |
| shavetail | (coll.) a second lieutenant. |
| snottie | (coll.) a midshipman. |
| snotty | a midshipman; (adj.) foul with snot > SNOTTIER, SNOTTIEST; SNOTTILY. |
| stickleader | the leader of a stick of paratroops. |
| subadar subahdar subedar | a native officer in an Indian regiment corresponding to a captain. |
| subahdary | the office of a SUBAHDAR. |
| subahship | the office of a SUBAHDAR. |
| subaltern | a person holding a subordinate position; specif: a junior officer (as in the British army). |
| subedar | see SUBADAR. |
| swaddie swaddy | a soldier, esp. a militiaman. |
| taxiarch | an Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. |
| teleman | a naval officer > TELEMEN. |
| topkick | (coll.) a first sergeant. |
| trierarch | the captain of a Greek trireme; an Athenian who outfitted and maintained a trireme as part of his civic duty. |