non-commissioned officer
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non-commissioned officer (plural non-commissioned officers)
- 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 non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.
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- Estonian: allohvitser et(et)
- Finnish: aliupseeri fi(fi)
- Greek: υπαξιωματικός el(el) m.
- Macedonian: подофицер mk(mk) (pódoficer) m.
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[edit] External links
- Wikipedia: officer