N.C.O.
abbreviation
Noncommissioned Officer.
N.C.O.
Americanabbreviation
NCO
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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The sergeant tucked the small pistol, a .22-caliber revolver, into the inside pocket of his sport coat and entered the base club for noncommissioned officers like himself — known as the N.C.O.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
“That was all based off being an N.C.O., going to a meeting, conversing with people.”
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2015
Instead, they spent those years training soldiers, which, they assert, was perfect experience for running the N.C.O. academy and the drill sergeant school.
From New York Times • May 22, 2012
Other La Vey Satanists include a Marine Corps N.C.O. from North Carolina and, in New Jersey's Lilith Grotto, a real estate broker and an insurance executive.
From Time Magazine Archive
The orficer takes charge of one of the detachments, an' in the others the senior N.C.O. for each religion marches at the head.
From General Bramble by Maurois, André
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