noun
a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
• Syn: ↑noncom, ↑enlisted officer
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑military officer, ↑officer
• Hyponyms:
↑aircraftsman, ↑aircraftman, ↑bombardier, ↑chief petty officer, ↑corporal, ↑drill master, ↑drill instructor, ↑lance corporal, ↑petty officer, ↑PO, ↑P.O., ↑sergeant
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noun : a subordinate officer in a branch of the armed services appointed usually on the basis of examination from enlisted personnel and holding one of various grades (as corporal, sergeant, petty officer)
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Mil.
an enlisted person, as a sergeant or corporal, holding any of various ranks below commissioned or warrant officers.
[1695-1705]
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noncommissioned officer,
an officer in the armed forces who does not hold a commission or a warrant, especially an enlisted man with the rank of corporal, sergeant, petty officer, or airman first class.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.