Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Informal A noncommissioned officer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A noncommissioned officer; a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abbreviation of non-commissioned.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
Etymologies
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Examples
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A long-term noncom who was kicked upstairs beyond his ability?
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He has shown an attitude in the past which I can only characterize as noncom -, munal.
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Some two-thirds were women, the very young, the old, the handicapped: time porters, nurses, whatever kind of noncombatants were required.
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Tillman had left the military several years earlier, but everything about him shouted army noncom.
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His maintenance person, an active-duty Navy petty officer, was to be the noncom in charge of keeping the aircraft airworthy until more parts and personnel could be flown in.
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More banter went on until I finally convinced the Marine on the radio to put me on with the senior noncom present.
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The sullen noncom had served under Wingate long enough for the general to know how the man operated.
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At last the tough noncom had to turn away from the sight.
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The tough noncom had no idea what to do about this development, so he handled it in the same, direct way he handled everything.
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But it was just like the tough noncom to take it upon himself to do a thing like this.
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