noncommissioned officer
See also: non-commissioned officer
English
Alternative forms
- non-commissioned officer (US)
Noun
noncommissioned officer (plural noncommissioned officers)
- A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.
- A platoon sergeant may only be a noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.
Translations
non-commissioned officer — see non-commissioned officer
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