probation officer

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   the officer of the court who supervises probationers

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Questions about probation officer

What does probation officer mean?

probation officer means "the officer of the court who supervises probationers".

Is probation officer a common word?

probation officer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.