Hypertext Webster Gateway: "noncommissioned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Noncommissioned \Non`com*mis"sioned\, a.
Not having a commission.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
noncommissioned
adj : of military officers; appointed from enlisted personnel
[ant: {commissioned}]
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