Noncommissioned officer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.

    "A platoon sergeant may only be a noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying."

  2. 2
    a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel wordnet

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acting corporalacting sergeantauditorbig brotherboatswainbombardier

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"A platoon sergeant may only be a noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying."

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