English Dictionary

non-commissioned officer

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

軍隊において、委任状を受けていないが、一定の指揮権や管理権を有する下士官、すなわち上級の兵士として部下の訓練や指導を担当する役職。 / 正式な委任状による指揮権は持たないが、実際の部隊統率や管理を行う軍の階級の一つ。

The non-commissioned officer organized the unit's supplies and kept morale high during the long deployment.

その下士官は長期展開中に部隊の物資を整理し、士気を高く保った。

意味（1）

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.

A platoon sergeant may only be a non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.

non-commissioned officers （ plural ）