NONCOM
Dictionary entry overview: What does noncom mean?
• NONCOM (noun)
The noun NONCOM has 1 sense:
1. a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
Familiarity information: NONCOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONCOM (noun)
Meaning:
A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
noncom; noncommissioned officer
Hypernyms ("noncom" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "noncom"):
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 airforce 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.; petty officer; PO (a noncommissioned officer in the navy 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)
