English Dictionary: non-commissioned officer | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noncommissioned \Non`com*mis"sioned\, a. Not having a commission. {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. |