noncommissioned officer

American  

noun

Military.

1. an enlisted person, as a sergeant or corporal, holding any of various ranks below commissioned or warrant officers.

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noncommissioned officer British  

/ ˌnɒnkəˈmɪʃənd /

noun

1. (in the armed forces) a person, such as a sergeant or corporal, who is appointed from the ranks as a subordinate officer

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Etymology

Origin of noncommissioned officer

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Does holding a commission necessarily mean a candidate is better suited to elective office than one who was a noncommissioned officer or a PFC or Seaman Apprentice?

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

But after The Associated Press made requests for comment on Meyer‘s case, the office of the Army‘s top noncommissioned officer, Sgt.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023

But after The Associated Press made requests for comment on Meyer’s case, the office of the Army’s top noncommissioned officer, Sgt.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Mr. de Medici’s father was a noncommissioned officer in the Italian navy, and his mother was a homemaker.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

He had not our dire incentive for the success of that Regiment—a noncommissioned officer in a hated regiment in a precarious fastness only a few hundred feet from a growing and volatile enemy.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson