資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

noncommissioned officer
     n : a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel [syn: {noncom}]