non-commissioned officer

Noun CEFR B2

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

Españolsuboficial

Françaissous-officier

DeutschKapo Unteroffizier

23 more languages

العربيةضابط صفّ

Bosanskidočasnik podoficir дочасникподофицир

Češtinafelák poddůstojnice poddůstojník

Ελληνικάυπαξιωματικός

Suomialiupseeri huuhaa

Gaeilgeoifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta

עבריתמש״ק

Hrvatskidočasnik podoficir дочасникподофицир

Հայերենենթասպա

Bahasa Indonesiabintara

Italianosottufficiale

日本語下士官

한국어부사관 하사관

Lietuviųpuskarininkis

Bahasa Melayupegawai tidak tauliah

Nederlandsonderofficier

Polskipodoficer

Portuguêssuboficial

Românăsubofițer

Русскийунтер-офицер

Српскиdočasnik podoficir дочасникподофицир

Türkçeastsubay erbaş

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.

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See also

non-committalness non-communist non-compete non-compliance non-compositionality non-con

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