noncommissioned

2 definitions found

noncommissioned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Noncommissioned \Non`com*mis"sioned\, a.
     Not having a commission.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

noncommissioned - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  noncommissioned
      adj 1: (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel
             [ant: commissioned]