English > noncommissioned officer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A military officer appointed from enlisted / enlisted personnel. |
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| Synonyms | noncom, enlisted officer |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Narrower | aircraftsman, aircraftman | A noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force |
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| bombardier | A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery |
| chief petty officer | A person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank |
| corporal | A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines |
| drill master, drill instructor | A noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline / discipline |
| lance corporal | An enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal |
| petty officer, PO, P.O. | A noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable / comparable to sergeant in the Army |
| sergeant | Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal |
| Broader | military officer, officer | Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
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| Spanish | suboficial |
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| Catalan | sotsoficial, suboficial |
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