Noncommissioned

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noncommissioned
       adj : of military officers; appointed from enlisted personnel
             [ant: {commissioned}]