noncom
1 Americannoun
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of noncom
First recorded in 1740–50; short for noncommissioned
Example Sentences
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Buzzy is the comical yet handsome noncom — rhymes with rom-com — sent to fetch the nice and naughty lists.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2020
As we played golf, I caught Flower up on a few other strands, including some gleaned by a former noncom from "down the Delta" who was working as a hotel interpreter.
From Golf Digest • Sep. 13, 2010
In wrinkled fatigue uniforms, with packs on their backs, they pile through mud and brambles, scrape out fox holes and rifle pits whenever their "noncom" gives the word.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a noncom in the Marine Corps, Beckwith was a machine gunner in the invasions of Guadalcanal and Tarawa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The neatly dressed soldier shrugged and asked the noncom who worked with him.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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