'Noncommissioned officer' definitions:
Definition of 'noncommissioned officer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel [syn: noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer]
Definition of 'Noncommissioned officer'
From: GCIDE
- Noncommissioned \Non`com*mis"sioned\, a. Not having a commission. [1913 Webster]
- Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'noncommissioned officer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acting corporal,
- acting sergeant,
- auditor,
- Big Brother,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- buck private,
- centurion,
- chief,
- chief warrant officer,
- color sergeant,
- common soldier,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- corporal,
- enlisted man,
- first sergeant,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- havildar,
- head,
- headman,
- inspector,
- lance corporal,
- lance sergeant,
- master sergeant,
- mess sergeant,
- monitor,
- naik,
- NCO,
- noncom,
- overman,
- overseer,
- platoon sergeant,
- private,
- private first class,
- proctor,
- sarge,
- sergeant,
- sergeant first class,
- sergeant major,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- staff sergeant,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- technical sergeant,
- top sergeant,
- topkick,
- visitor,
- warrant officer