noncommissioned officer

Other forms: noncommissioned officers

Definitions of noncommissioned officer

1. noun

   a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
   synonyms: enlisted officer, noncom

   types:

   aircraftman, aircraftsman

   a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force

   bombardier

   a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

   chief petty officer

   a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank

   corporal

   a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

   drill instructor, drill master

   a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline

   lance corporal

   an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal

   P.O., PO, petty officer

   a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army

   sergeant

   any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal

   color sergeant

   a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors

   first sergeant, sergeant first class

   a sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant

   gunnery sergeant

   a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines

   master-at-arms

   the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship

   master sergeant

   a senior noncommissioned officer in the Army or Marines

   recruiting-sergeant

   a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits

   SCPO, senior chief petty officer

   a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army

   SMSgt, senior master sergeant

   a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army

   command sergeant major, sergeant major

   a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army

   staff sergeant

   a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force

   technical sergeant

   a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines

   type of:

   military officer, officer

   any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command