noncommissioned officer (English, noun)
expansion: noncommissioned officer (plural noncommissioned officers)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: noncommissioned officers
tags: plural
form: non-commissioned officer
tags: alternative
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