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non-coˈmmissioned, a.
[non- 6.]
1. Of officers of the army († and formerly of the navy): Not holding a commission.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3906/4 The Noncommissioned Officers and private Troopers of the Honourable Lieutenant-General Lumley's Regiment of Horse. 1764Low Life 72 The Non-Commissioned Officiers, and Fore-Mast Men of all the Royal Yachts moored about Greenwich. 1813Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) X. 469 As to the non-commissioned officers,..they are as bad as the men. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 592/2 Recruiting is carried on by parties detached, or by non-commissioned officers and men on furlough.
2. Of a ship: Not put in commission.
1868Rep. Neutrality Law Comm. in Morn. Star 2 June, Any foreign non-commissioned ship despatched from this country after having come within it. |