noncommissioned

American  

[non-kuh-mish-uhnd] / ˌnɒn kəˈmɪʃ ənd /

adjective

1. not commissioned, applied especially to military officers, as sergeants and corporals, ranking below warrant officer.

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Etymology

Origin of noncommissioned

1695–1705; non- + commissioned ( def. )

Example Sentences

Noncommissioned squad leaders are also hard to come by, and many squads are being led by privates first class with six months or less of Army service.

From Time Magazine Archive

The following Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States is approved and herewith published for the information and government of all concerned.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department

Handy integrated his Noncommissioned Officers' Academy in 1950 in an operation involving thousands of enlisted men.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.

The following Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War

Noncommissioned officers received the same punishment as the men, without, however, losing their rank, as would have been the case in our army.

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