Who counted as an officer in an 1848 casualty notice?

Did an 1848 Franklin expedition notice count warrant officers among its nine dead officers?

Probably yes; warrant officers still counted as officers in that period and would not have been included among the men.

The period language did not necessarily reserve "officers" for commissioned personnel alone. Warrant officers still carried recognized officer status and would not normally be folded into a count of ordinary men. A notice separating officers from men was therefore using a broader category than later readers may expect. The wording probably combined both commissioned and warrant personnel in its officer total.