noncommissioned officer

noun Military.

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

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Origin of noncommissioned officer

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby noncommissioned officer

noncombatant, noncombustible, noncomedogenic, noncommercial, noncommissioned, noncommissioned officer, noncommittal, noncommunicable, noncommunicant, noncommunicating hydrocephalus, non-Communist
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British Dictionary definitions for noncommissioned officer

noncommissioned officer
/ (ˌnɒnkəˈmɪʃənd) /

noun

(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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