Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-commissioned officer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
non--com-mis-sioned of-fi-cer
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

non-commissioned officers (plural) noncommissioned officer (alternative, US) NCO (alternative) non-com (alternative) noncom (alternative)

Phrases

non-commissioned member

Frequently Paired Words

non-commissioned member

Questions

What does non-commissioned officer mean?
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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