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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ضابط صفّ
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Armenian:
ենթասպա
(entʻaspa)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Chinese Mandarin:
士官
(shìguān)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Chinese Mandarin:
軍士 /军士
(jūnshì)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Czech:
poddůstojník
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Czech:
poddůstojnice
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Danish:
underofficer
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Dutch:
onderofficier
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Estonian:
allohvitser
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Finnish:
aliupseeri
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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French:
sous-officier
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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German:
Unteroffizier
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Greek:
υπαξιωματικός
(ypaxiomatikós)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Hebrew:
מש״ק
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Hebrew:
מפקד שאינו קצין
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Hungarian:
altiszt
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Hungarian:
tiszthelyettes
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Hungarian:
tisztes
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Indonesian:
bintara
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Irish:
oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Italian:
sottufficiale
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Japanese:
下士官
(kashikan)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Korean:
부사관
(busagwan)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Lithuanian:
pùskarininkis
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Lithuanian:
pùskarininkė
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Macedonian:
подофице́р
(podoficér)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Malay:
pegawai tidak tauliah
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Norman:
souôs-officyi
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Norwegian Bokmål:
underoffiser
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Polish:
podoficer
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Portuguese:
suboficial
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Romanian:
subofițer
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Russian:
у́нтер-офице́р
(únter-oficér)
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Serbo-Croatian:
подофицир
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Serbo-Croatian:
дочасник
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Serbo-Croatian:
podoficir
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Serbo-Croatian:
dočasnik
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Slovene:
podčastnik
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Spanish:
suboficial
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Swedish:
underofficer
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Turkish:
astsubay
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission
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Walloon:
bas oficî
— person of authority in the military who has not received a commission