noncommissioned officer

/N AA1 N K AH0 M IH1 SH AH0 N D AO0 F AH0 S ER0/
noun
  1. 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.

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