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non-commissioned officer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

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.

Forms

Relateds

non-commissioned member

Translations (42)

cs poddůstojník (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · id bintara (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ga oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sh дочасник (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · hu tiszthelyettes (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sl podčastnik (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · da underofficer (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · fr sous-officier (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ko 부사관 (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · lt pùskarininkis (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · de Unteroffizier (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · hu altiszt (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · cmn 軍士 /军士 (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sh dočasnik (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · hu tisztes (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · hy ենթասպա (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · he מש״ק (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · it sottufficiale (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sv underofficer (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ja 下士官 (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ro subofițer (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · nl onderofficier (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · et allohvitser (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · lt pùskarininkė (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · fi aliupseeri (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · he מפקד שאינו קצין (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · mk подофице́р (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sh подофицир (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · tr astsubay (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ru у́нтер-офице́р (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · pt suboficial (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · el υπαξιωματικός (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · nrf souôs-officyi (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · sh podoficir (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ar ضابط صفّ (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · cs poddůstojnice (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · ms pegawai tidak tauliah (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · es suboficial (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · wa bas oficî (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · cmn 士官 (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · nb underoffiser (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission) · pl podoficer (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission)