Meaning of non-commissioned officer | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
ضابط صفّ
Deutsch
Unteroffizier
Ελληνικά
υπαξιωματικός
Español
suboficial
Suomi
aliupseeri
Français
sous-officier
עברית
מש״ק
Bahasa Indonesia
bintara
Italiano
sottufficiale
日本語
下士官
한국어
부사관
Nederlands
onderofficier
Polski
podoficer
Português
suboficial
Русский
унтер-офицер
Türkçe
astsubay
Examples
“A platoon sergeant may only be a non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.