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Noncom

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Word	Definition
noncommissioned officernoun	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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Word	Definition
noncommissioned officernoun	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.
sgtnoun	(abbreviation) A title added before the name of a sergeant.
cplnoun	(military, US) Abbreviation of corporal. [(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.]
non-commissioned officernoun	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.
non-commissioned membernoun	(Canadian military) A members of the Canadian Forces that is not a commissioned officer; includes warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and privates.
officernoun	One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
staff sergeantnoun	A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).
under-sergeantnoun	(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank immediately below a sergeant; corporal.
sergeantnoun	(military) A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
petty officernoun	A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army
other ranknoun	(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier who is not a commissioned officer.
corporalnoun	(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
senior chief petty officernoun	(US, Navy) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above chief petty officer and below master chief petty officer.
chief petty officernoun	(US, Navy) A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above petty officer first class and below senior chief petty officer.
commissioned officernoun	(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.
subofficernoun	A subordinate officer; or someone of rank below officer
soldiernoun	A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
lieutenantnoun	(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
naiknoun	(India, Pakistan, Nepal) A non-commissioned officer equivalent to corporal in a corps of Indian, Pakistani or Nepalese soldiers.
line officernoun	(US) A commissioned officer who exercises general command authority and is eligible for operational command positions.