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non-commissioned officer

Noun

Meaning

non-commissioned officer (plural non-commissioned 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 non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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non commissioned officer

Synonyms

sergeant corporal fighter combatant master sergeant grunt infantryman military personnel foot soldier first sergeant common soldier junior officer enlisted officer enlisted personnel non-com
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Antonyms

commissioned officer

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non-commissioned member

Examples

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free. Erich Maria Remarque

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