"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), oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta [masculine] (Irish), sottufficiale [masculine] (Italian), 下士官 (kashikan) (Japanese), 부사관 (busagwan) (Korean), подофице́р (podoficér) [masculine] (Macedonian), 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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