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non-commissioned officers

non-commissioned officers is the plural of non-commissioned officer.

Meaning of non-commissioned officer

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.

Questions about non-commissioned officers

What is non-commissioned officers the plural of?
Non-commissioned officers is the plural of non-commissioned officer.

Words near non-commissioned officers in the dictionary

  1. non-commercial
  2. non-commissioned
  3. non-commissioned member
  4. non-commissioned members
  5. non-commissioned officer
  6. non-commissioned officers
  7. non-commital
  8. non-commitally
  9. non-committal
  10. non-committally
  11. non-committalness

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