non-com

British  

/ ˈnɒnˌkɒm /

noun

1. short for noncommissioned officer

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non-com

At this point, Forever appears to be another low-key non-com about the ennui of affluent married people—and then Oscar skis into a tree and dies.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2018

Yes, Oscar and June are dead, but Forever still is a low-key non-com about the ennui of affluent married people.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2018

A few hours before midnight, a Tunisian army non-com burst in upon a Defense Ministry official and blurted the details of the plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite Nasser's "soldier's word" to the contrary, the French say that in Algeria they have captured 50 graduates of Egyptian non-com schools, and believe there are 500 more Egyptian-trained guerrillas fighting there.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was the only "non-com" in our lot, and so put up the stripes I had taken down to avoid giving Augen Rechts at Vehnmoor.

From The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland by Pearson, George