"non-commissioned officer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: non-commissioned officers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Military ranks, People Synonyms: noncommissioned officer [US] Related terms: non-commissioned member Translations (person of authority in the military who has not received a commission): ենթասպա (entʻaspa) (Armenian), 士官 (shìguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 軍士 (Chinese Mandarin), 军士 (jūnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), underofficer [common-gender] (Danish), onderofficier [masculine] (Dutch), allohvitser (Estonian), aliupseeri (Finnish), sous-officier [masculine] (French), Unteroffizier [masculine] (German), υπαξιωματικός (ypaxiomatikós) [masculine] (Greek), altiszt (Hungarian), bintara (Indonesian), oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta [masculine] (Irish), sottufficiale [masculine] (Italian), 下士官 (kashikan) (Japanese), 부사관 (busagwan) (Korean), подофице́р (podoficér) [masculine] (Macedonian), pegawai tidak tauliah (Malay), souôs-officyi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), underoffiser (english: historical military grade) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), podoficer (Polish), suboficial [masculine] (Portuguese), subofițer [masculine] (Romanian), у́нтер-офице́р (únter-oficér) (Russian), подофицир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дочасник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podoficir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dočasnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podčastnik (Slovene), suboficial [masculine] (Spanish), underofficer (Swedish), astsubay (Turkish), bas oficî (Walloon)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suboficial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subofițer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "únter-oficér",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "word": "у́нтер-офице́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подофицир"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дочасник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podoficir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dočasnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "word": "podčastnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suboficial"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "word": "underofficer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "word": "astsubay"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "person of authority in the military who has not received a commission",
      "word": "bas oficî"
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-commissioned officer"
}

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