NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel

Synonyms:

enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("noncommissioned officer" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "noncommissioned officer"):

aircraftman; aircraftsman (a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force)

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 instructor; drill master (a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline)

lance corporal (an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal)

P.O.; petty officer; PO (a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank 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)