noncommissioned officer
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See also: non-commissioned officer
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]non-commissioned officer — see non-commissioned officer
Further reading
[edit]Officer (armed forces) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia