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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a member of a military rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mil.) designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
enlist . - adjective Belonging to the military, but not as a
commissioned officer . - noun Those individuals who have enlisted in the military and who are not
commissioned officers .
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Examples
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For this album, the label enlisted one of its non-jazz acts, the British electronic duo Spring Heel Jack, to collaborate with its jazz roster.
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Big difference between doubling the F22 procurement and better medical care for wounded troops or payraises to retain enlisted men.
Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending Going Up, Up and Away 2009
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The Real American story of how brave young Track Palin enlisted in the army to go fight in Iraq in order to avoid jail time for severing the brake line on a public school bus.
Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings. 2010
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In march of 1968 he once again enlisted not informing the Marine Corps that he had enlisted 3 times prior.
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The Real American story of how brave young Track Palin enlisted in the army to go fight in Iraq in order to avoid jail time for severing the brake line on a public school bus.
Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings. 2010
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In April, Schary again enlisted Gutstadt's support for the project; Gutstadt instructed David Coleman, former director of the ADL's Los Angeles office, to attend the screening and report back to him.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Laying the entire affair on the shoulders of NCOs and lower enlisted is an intolerable cover up of military misbehavior.
Primary Returns 2004
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Laying the entire affair on the shoulders of NCOs and lower enlisted is an intolerable cover up of military misbehavior.
1001 2004
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Laying the entire affair on the shoulders of NCOs and lower enlisted is an intolerable cover up of military misbehavior.
Bust the Brass 2004
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Laying the entire affair on the shoulders of NCOs and lower enlisted is an intolerable cover up of military misbehavior.
Archive 2004-08-01 2004
chained_bear commented on the word enlisted
As seen here.
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word enlisted
That's our problem. We don't have posters like this anymore.
September 19, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word enlisted
But we have *you*.
September 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word enlisted
I wonder, sometimes, whether the National Egg Collection for the Wounded is still in operation.
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word enlisted
Jenn: Aww. :-)
Chained_bear: You know, that's a good question. Maybe it's gone underground. That would explain all the missing eggs from my kitchen.
September 19, 2008