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Noncommissioned

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Non`com`mis´sioned
a.1.Not having a commission.
Noncommissioned officer
(Mil.) a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.
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Adj.1.noncommissioned - (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel
commissioned - (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above
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