noncom
See also: non-com
English
editEtymology
editShortening of non-commissioned.
Noun
editnoncom (plural noncoms)
- A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
- 1981, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
- Noncoms in uniform photograph you, full-face and profile; they take your fingerprints.