noncommissioned officer n : a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel [syn: noncom]

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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.