(n) :
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 noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying."
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(n) :
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 noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying."