non-commissioned officer

See also: noncommissioned officer

English[edit]

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.

person of authority in the military who has not received a commission

Armenian: ենթասպա (hy) (entʿaspa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 士官 (zh) (shìguān), 軍士／军士 (zh) (jūnshì)
Dutch: onderofficier (nl) m
Estonian: allohvitser
Finnish: aliupseeri (fi)
French: sous-officier (fr) m
German: Unteroffizier (de) m
Greek: υπαξιωματικός (el) m (ypaxiomatikós)
Hungarian: altiszt (hu)
Irish: oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta m
Italian: sottufficiale m
Japanese: 下士官 (ja) (kashikan)
Korean: 부사관 (busagwan)
Macedonian: по́дофицер m (pódoficer)
Norman: souôs-officyi m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underoffiser (no) m (historical military grade)
Polish: podoficer (pl)
Portuguese: suboficial m
Romanian: subofițer (ro) m
Russian: у́нтер-офице́р (ru) (únter-oficér)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: подофицир m, дочасник m

Roman: podoficir (sh) m, dočasnik (sh) m
Slovene: podčastnik
Spanish: suboficial m
Swedish: underofficer
Turkish: astsubay (tr)
Walloon: bas oficî