Non-commissioned Officer Definition

noun

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.

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Noun

Singular:
non-commissioned officer
Plural:
non-commissioned-officers

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