non-commissioned officer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• noncommissioned officer (US)

[edit] Noun

non-commissioned officer (plural non-commissioned officers)

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 non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.

[edit] Translations

• Estonian: allohvitser et(et)
• Finnish: aliupseeri fi(fi)
• Greek: υπαξιωματικός el(el) m.
• Macedonian: подофицер mk(mk) (pódoficer) m.

[edit] Related terms

• non-commissioned member

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia: officer