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field grade

field grade noun: each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.

Noun

field grade (plural field grades)

  1. Each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.
    • In various armies, major is the lowest field grade, full colonel the highest field grade.

Forms of field grade

pluralfield grades

Questions about field grade

What does field grade mean?
Field grade means each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.
What part of speech is field grade?
Field grade is a noun.
What is the plural of field grade?
The plural of field grade is field grades.

Words near field grade in the dictionary

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